tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Dec 13 14:42:48 1996
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RE: KLBC:u'Dam
- From: "David Trimboli" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: KLBC:u'Dam
- Date: Fri, 13 Dec 96 21:54:47 UT
December 12, 1996 8:59 AM, jatlh loDDoq:
> jatlh SuStel,
> vIQaQ pong'a' *u'Dam*?
> is u'Dam good as a name?
*I* didn't write this, so why are you attributing it to me? Why'd you say
{jatlh SuStel}?
I really don't know how to put together the above sentence. "I good it does
it call {u'Dam}." Please remember Klingon sentence structure. Please also
use the correct verb prefix. {vIQaQ} "I good it" doesn't mean anything to me
at all.
"Is {u'Dam} a good name" would probably best be rendered as
pong QaQ 'oH'a' <u'Dam>?
Here, {QaQ} is being used as an adjective. Stative verbs can do this.
DaH jIjang:
ghobe'. vIpar. "Adam" rurbe'. mu'vam taghlu'DI', <'> tu'lu'be'. <loDDoq>
Dapar'a'?
No. I don't like it. It doesn't sound like "Adam." There's no glottal stop
at the beginning of the word. You don't like {loDDoq}?
> Qapla' ngo' jup,
"Old success friend"? Oh, I'll bet you meant "Success, old friend." Well,
the "old friend" doesn't translate literally into Klingon. The best bet would
be {jupoy} ({jup} with the {-oy} suffix attached to it), but I won't guarantee
how Klingons will react to you using it on them!
--
SuStel
Beginners' Grammarian
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