tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Feb 19 09:28:06 1996
[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next]
Re: KLBC: poHmey
On Fri, 16 Feb 1996, Mark E. Shoulson wrote:
>
> >ter'eS asks:
> >>How does one tell time in Klingon?
>
> >>Also, how do you say "What time is it?" and what is the form of the answer?
>
> >I'd ask {nuq 'oH rep'e'?} The answer would probably be merely the time.
>
> I've been known to use "rep 'ar?" elliptically like that, though without
> much support. Seems pretty reasonable though. What do you think?
>
Since {'ar} is an adjective, and adjectives can be used as verbs, could you
turn it around and say {'ar rep} "How many hours are there?" You could also
use this form to say things like {pa' 'ar Duj} "How many ships are (over)
there?"
Responding to charghwI', I can see how Klingons wouldn't engage in the
pleasantries we Humans do, but I can also see situations when even a
Klingon simply has to ask someone else for information. What would the
captain on the bridge of a Bird-of-Prey do if he had to know the time?
Get up and walk to a chronometer like a menial? Have someone rip the
chronometer out of the control panel and carry it to him? Or just order
an underling to tell him the time?
> >-- ghunchu'wI' batlh Suvchugh vaj batlh SovchoH vaj
>
>
> ~mark
>
-- ter'eS