tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Dec 25 20:14:55 1996
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Re: Klingon CD-Rom
- From: James Johnson <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Klingon CD-Rom
- Date: Wed, 25 Dec 1996 23:14:47 -0500
At 06:33 PM 12/25/96 -0800, you wrote:
>Hi, David.
>
>Recently I gave myself the Klingon CD-Rom :))) Two things gave me very
>intriguish. The 1rst one is openning where Gowron speaking in
>tlhingan-Hol. I could understand nothing (I'm a begginer, off course) and
>the 2nd one when the Gowron is talking with the Pakled commander and he
>said something to T'Var (to be silent, I think).
>If you have time, can you write and translate it for me?
>
>Other thing, It's quite difficult for me undertand the grammar.
>In English I can say: The World Cup Final Match.
>In Portuguese I say: O Jogo Final da Copa do Mundo.
>Except for the article "The" = "O", the rest of the sentence is totality
>inverse and I have to use 2 prepositions "da" and "do". How can I say it
>in Klingon?
>
>Hearing the CD-Rom, it'll be very easy to learn the phonems, because it's
>very similar than portuguese, except "tlh" - this is very gutural and
>very difficult.
>
>Thank you. (How can I say "thank you" in klingon?)
In tlhingan-Hol, there is no word for "thank you," but some use Qapla'. I
am not saying that you should use it for thank you, just that some use it
for that purpose, as well as good-bye.
tu'wI'
>--
>Eduardo "Edy" Fonseca
>[email protected]
>Belo Horizonte MG - Brasil
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