tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Dec 09 16:17:34 1996
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RE: KLBC
- From: "David Trimboli" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: KLBC
- Date: Mon, 9 Dec 96 23:28:43 UT
December 09, 1996 11:31 AM, jatlh Brian Dines:
> I've just been trying to figure out some stuff to translate and decided to
try the following:
> tlhab baH
> English: Fire at will
> I couldn't think of another word for will, so I used free/independent.
You cannot use a verb as an adverbial. You also need an imperative verb
prefix on the verb {baH}.
Let's see . . . "fire at will" means "fire whenever you want to." The most
accurate (and very long) way to say this would be {bIbaHrupDI', yIbaH} "Fire
when you are ready to fire!"
Of course, I can't imagine a Klingon captain shouting this to his gunner.
It's too long. I've written a story where this very same situation comes into
play. I was writing it directly in Klingon, so never thought that it might be
considered "Fire at will," but the line I used was {baHtaH!} which is clipped.
Fully, it would be {yIbaHtaH!} "Fire continuously!" or "Keep firing!" It's
of a different shade, but it works very well. Is this what you were looking
for?
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SuStel
Beginners' Grammarian
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