tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Jul 25 14:45:15 1996
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Re: My "Hello" to the list
- From: Robert Darke <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: My "Hello" to the list
- Date: Thu, 25 Jul 96 22:09:11 GMT
- Organization: Parallel Dimensions
Hiya Mark,
> >'oH belwIj
>
> That'd probably be "belwIj 'oH"; like "tlhIngan maH" is we are Klingons.
> But it's an English idiom anyway. Possibly better would be "jIbel jIH'e'"
> (it is I who am pleased). Of course, it's not a very Klingon sentiment in
> the first place.
You're quite right. I gotta think more Klingon into what I try to say.
> It's my own business when and if I feel like horning in on his
> jurisdiction. Rank hath its privileges.
Yipe! Rank?
> Pronouns-as-verbs are unusual, and maybe they break that slightly, but stay
> with it. Basically what we have here is "'oH" being used as a verb
Ahah. Section 3.4 (noun-noun constructs). {DaH yajwI'Hey jIH} (???)
Not something I missed, as such, I just didn't remember it !
But (sorry) I reckon that it should be {nuq 'oH Hoch Qu''e'?} (N1's N2 --
everyone's task or N2 of the N1 -- task of everyone) instead of {nuq 'oH Qu'
Hoch'e'?} ???
Would "What is his job?" become {nuq 'oH Qu'Daj?} or is there something else
I should know ? Hmm. How about ... naah, never mind. I was thinking about
using {ghaH} but it doesn't work, does it.
> >And what's with the English punctuation in the tlhIngan script ?
> <snip>
> language easier to read? We're not changing the language, or adding
> anything that isn't there, just the way it's represented, to make our lives
> easier.
Neat. I like easier :-)
> DopDaq qul yIchenmoH QobDI' ghu'.
Whilst I _think_ I get the gist of the Klingon there, I wouldn't mind a
translation.
Qapla'
Rob
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