tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Dec 16 19:57:42 1996
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RE: KLBC: 'e' as a pronoun.
- From: "David Trimboli" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: KLBC: 'e' as a pronoun.
- Date: Tue, 17 Dec 96 03:02:27 UT
December 16, 1996 5:31 AM, jatlh Mago:
> I am intending to say "Due to the breeze I'm sad / Because I don't see her
hair waving in the wind" (yes, yes, I know a Klingon would never say that, but
I'm just testing my skills :)! )
>
> I've worked out:
>
> SuSmo' jI'IQ
> SuSDaq joq jIbDaj 'e'mo' vIleghbe'
>
> And now the question: Is 'e'mo' acceptable? I mean, can 'e', as a pronoum,
admit name
> suffixes? I think so, but I'm not sure...
"Noun suffixes"? This has been debated before. There's no canon to support
it, and it's unlikely. {'e'} has a very special role in sentences, and
probably cannot be tinkered with.
I'm not sure I actually understand the meaning of the original. Are you sad
because of the wind, or because you cannot see her hair waving in the wind?
> SuSmo' jI'IQ
> SuSDaq joq jIbDaj 'e'mo' vIleghbe'
> Hovmeymo' jI'IQ
> mInDaj lutamlaHbe' Hovmey
"The stars cannot exchange her eye"?
> mobghachmo' jIHegh, batlhwIjmo' jIyIntaH
Realize that when a Klingon reads {mobghachmo'}, he's going to snicker and try
not to smile. {mobghach} looks very funny to a Klingon; it's "marked" if
there isn't a suffix between the verb and {-ghach}.
Instead of translating word for word, "loneliness," why not recast to a more
appropriate form:
jImobtaHmo' jIHegh.
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