tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Jul 25 04:36:37 1996
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Re: juHwIjDaq paw HolQeD
QaHlIjmo' qatlho'. Qap {nIje'meH nuq lulo'}. {SoHvaD nuq luSopmoH}
vIqel je, cha' Doch 'oStaHvIS {je'} ("feed" "buy" je) wa' Doch 'oSmo' {Sop}.
chay' {je'} Dayaj? <Conversational Klingon>mo'? <Power Klingon>mo'?
[email protected] (Alan Anderson) writes:
\ ghItlh marqoS:
\ >o/~ He'bogh targh, He'bogh targh, SoHvaD nuq luje'
\ > He'bogh targh, He'bogh targh, pIch Daghajbe' o/~
\ > -*vIybIy *buvey
\
\ jIHaghqu'! <juppu'> vIparHa'.
\
\ But {je'} means "feed (someone else)". One apparently doesn't
\ "feed food to someone"; one "uses food to feed someone". You
\ probably need to say {nIje'meH nuq lulo'}. [As a bonus, it
\ matches the number of syllables in the original.]
\
\ -- ghunchu'wI' batlh Suvchugh vaj batlh SovchoH vaj
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