tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Jan 29 13:45:06 1996
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Re: Lang. tapes
- From: "William H. Martin" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Lang. tapes
- Date: Mon, 29 Jan 1996 16:45:03 -0500 (EST)
- In-Reply-To: <[email protected]> from "Sami Laitala" at Jan 26, 96 01:09:05 pm
First, I agree with everything ~mark said.
According to Sami Laitala:
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> >> I have transcribed the beginning scene on PK,...
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> OK here it is.
>
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> Power Klingon : initial conversation
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...
> K tugh. ch-SS. (V{h{n {kki{!. tss.)
There should not be a {ch} there. Instead, it is just the
hissing, which Okrand explains somewhere in TKD (I forget
where) means something like, "get ready", synonymous to {'eH}.
He was explaining why the Captain in the first Star Trek Movie
held up his hand and hissed just before gesturing and yelling
{baH!} to fire the torpedo. He did this twice, once saying
{'eH} and the other time hissing.
The basic idea on the tape is that the Human had warning signs
that it was time to buy something.
> bije'be'chu' vaj biHegh (Sin{ et selv{stik{{n osta mit{{n joten kuolet.)
> qo'wij Datichpu', tera'ngan! (Olet loukannut maailmaani, maan asukas.)
I didn't remember this first word. Could it have been
{qorDu'wIj} or {quvwIj}?
> quvwij <- supposed to be kunniaani
> ??? [beintaHetaqoqte']
This is the part that I interpreted to mean, "You do not
deserve to continue to live," requiring a new verb Okrand has
not given us. I heard: {bIyIntaH 'e' Da[something]be'!} The
[something] sounded a lot like {qaq} or {QaQ} or maybe the
{qoq} you heard, but it was not clear at all and I never felt I
could distinguish it from those existing verbs. I'm
interpreting the "deserve" from context and because it is a
verb I think Klingon needs.
> T 'a jiSuHchu'. (Mutta olen siihen t{ysin valmis.)
I think the {'a} is the human saying something like, "ummmm". I
forgot what he said, but this doesn't sound right. I thought it
was something like, "Show me that." It had something to do with
wanting to see something; a less than certain expression of
interest in purchasing an item, too little, too late.
> Duchvetlh vichu'. (Laitan t{m{n vehkeen p{{lle.)
Dochvetlh vIje'.
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>
> Can anyone understand my Klingon sound files?
I, for one, cannot.
charghwI'
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