tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Dec 17 06:01:28 1996
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Re: RE: KLBC: 'e' as a pronoun.
- From: "William H. Martin" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: RE: KLBC: 'e' as a pronoun.
- Date: Tue, 17 Dec 1996 09:01:14 -0500 ()
- Priority: NORMAL
On Mon, 16 Dec 1996 20:17:32 -0800 David Trimboli
<[email protected]> wrote:
> > 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.
I would have expressed the original as:
jImobtaHmo' 'ej jImobtaH vIneHbe'qu'mo' jIHeghqang 'ach
batlhwIjmo' jIyIntaHqang.
The reason?
moblu'chugh QaQlaH ghu'. pImqu'chugh ghu' DaneHqu'bogh ghu'lIj
je vaj Do'Ha'. 'ach yIHeghQo'! 'oy' yISIQ! 'oy'Daj narghmeH
Heghqang nuch neH.
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