tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Dec 14 17:44:45 1996
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RE: newbie
- From: "David Trimboli" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: newbie
- Date: Sun, 15 Dec 96 01:44:42 UT
December 12, 1996 10:00 AM, jatlh Mago:
> Hi everyone! I'm a beginner in tlhingan hol from Spain, and just found out
> this great mail list... glad about that, because I have no one to ask for
> help here in Spain...
Hello, Mago. I'm SuStel, the list's Beginners' Grammarian. My job is to
monitor the discussion of beginners' topics and give a helping hand whenever
necessary. If you put KLBC in the topic, it signals everyone that this is a
beginners' level conversation, and it also signals me to read and reply to it,
quick! I will be the first to respond to your KLBC questions, but please also
don't correct anyone else who posts KLBC before I've had a shot at it!
If you haven't yet, visit
http://www.kli.org
It's got plenty of information for you, including a link to the mailing list's
FAQ.
> I'd be most appreciative if someone could help me with a translation... I
> intend to say "Why did I have to be born?" or, most accurate, "Why did they
> have to have me born?" (excuse me for the jerky translation from Spanish
> to English... I think it should be something like
> qatlh vIboghnISlu'pu'
> though I'm not sure... can anyone lend me a hand?
You're not that far off the mark (although it's not a very Klingon thing to
say!). If you are simply asking "Why was I born?" all you need to say is
qatlh jIbogh?
Why was I born?
Since Klingon doesn't have tense, you don't need to indicate it. It will be
understood by context. For example,
wa'Hu' jIbogh.
I was born yesterday.
wa'leS jIHegh.
I will die tomorrow.
--
SuStel
Beginners' Grammarian
Stardate 96955.7