tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Feb 08 16:36:27 1996
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Re: KLBC> HaDIbaHpu' le' mach
ghItlh ghunchu'wI':
> >Ha'DIbaH cha': rammey Hoch 'e' wIqaSmoHtaHbogh wIqaSqa'moH,
> >DoqwI': yuQ wIchargh 'e' wInID!
>
> What's {'e'} doing there? It can only be referring to Animal #1's
> question, but that doesn't seem right.
>
No, actually it refers to the second part of yab's reply; turned around and
with some stuff omitted for clarity
yuQ wIchargh 'e' wInID 'e' wIqaSqa'moH
The problem with it is the phrase 'rammey Hoch', which refers to
'wIqaSmoHtaHbogh' and should follow 'e', but of course can't.
The whole phrase I would parse in English as: "We will do this (which we
are doing every night): we try that we conquer the world."
I'm assuming that, since 'e' is a pronoun, it can be modified by a
relative phrase.
> >Now try your hand at "to prove their mousy worth/they'll overthrow the
> >Earth..." narIv!
>
> {toDujchaj lutobmeH/tera' luchargh luneH}
> That was fun -- I preserved both the rhyme and the meter, with only
> minor damage to the meaning. :-)
>
majQa'. I didn't think you could do it.
> -- ghunchu'wI' batlh Suvchugh vaj batlh SovchoH vaj
-- ter'eS