tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Jul 30 05:20:46 1996
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Skybox season five klingon cards
- From: [email protected] (Bill Willmerdinger)
- Subject: Skybox season five klingon cards
- Date: Tue, 30 Jul 1996 00:09:33
At the qep'a', I brought a transcription of two of the newest Klingon language
Skybox cards. After getting home, I found that my girlfriend had gotten the
third card. The text of all three cards follows.
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S25 tlhIngan vaS'a'
juHqo'Daq vaS'a' tu'lu'. ngoch luchermeH 'ej wo' San luwuqmeH pa' ghom
tlhIngan yejquv DevwI'pu'. DaH che' ghawran. yejquv DevwI' moj ghawran 'e'
wuqta' cho' 'oDwI' Dapu'bogh janluq pIqarD HoD.
S25 Klingon Great Hall
On the Homeworld, there is a great hall where the leaders of the Klingon High
Council meet to determine policy and decide upon the fate of the Empire.
Gowron currently presides, named leader of the High Council by Captain
Jean-Luc Picard, who was acting as Arbiter of Succession.
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S26 lurSa' be'etor je
DuraS tuq tlhIngan yejquv patlh luDub 'e' reH lunIDtaH DuraS be'nI'pu' lurSa'
be'etor je. ngoDvam luchavmeH ghawran maghpu' be'nI'pu'. woQ luSuqmeH jIjpu'
chaH romuluSngan'e' je.
S26 Lursa and B'Etor
The sisters of the House of Duras, Lursa and B'Etor, are constantly seeking a
higher standing for the House of Duras within the Klingon High Council. To
this end, the sisters have acted against Gowron, going as far as to work with
Romulan factions in order to gain power.
(Note: does the construction {DuraS be'nI'pu' lurSa' be'etor je} constitute
apposition as I think it does? If so, that question is answered for good and
all!)
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S27 Qo'noS
tlhIngan wo' yuQmey chovlu'chugh Qo'noS potlh law' Hoch potlh puS. roD 'oHvaD
juHqo' neH. pa' 'oHtaH vaS'a''e'. tlhIngan qum waw' 'oH. yoq yIn yuQ 'oH
Qo'noS'e'. yInSIp voQSIp je ngaS muDDaj.
S27 Klingon Homeworld
The principal planet of the Klingon Empire, Qo'noS is usually referrred to as
simply "The Homeworld." This is where the Klingon Great hall is located, the
center of the Klingon government. Qo'noS is a class-M planet with an oxygen/
nitrogen atmosphere.
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S27 gives us the words for oxygen ({yInSIp} "life gas") and nitrogen ({voQSIp}
"choke gas"), as well as the word {roD} which I take to mean "usually" (but
hadn't Okrand already given us {motlh} as "usually" on SP3?)
As I noted above, it looks to my non-grammarian, non-linguistic eyes as if S26
demonstrates apposition in tlhIngan Hol.
Commentary is, of course, welcome!
(NOTE: I suspect that most e-mail is *not* getting properly gated to my
Fidonet account. Any private replies to me should be sent to
[email protected] (note lowercase q). The list, however, seems to get
through to my point just fine. Go figure.)
Bill Willmerdinger
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E-mail: [email protected]
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