tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Jun 11 19:16:35 1996
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Re: Greetings
- From: [email protected] (Alan Anderson)
- Subject: Re: Greetings
- Date: Tue, 11 Jun 1996 21:19:59 -0500
~mark writes:
>>>*Star Trek:Klingon* vIje' 'ach Huch vIghajbe'
>
>>jImIS. Huch Daghajbe'chugh, chay' vay' Daje'ta'?
>>I'm confused. If you don't have money, how did you manage to buy anything?
>
>Klingon doesn't have allthe explicit marking English has. This is simply
>"I *would* buy... but I haven't the money." There is no "would" in
>Klingon, so it's not stated.
>
>It would probably be clearer to say "ST:Kl vIje', Huch vIghajchugh."
How about {ST:K vIje'qang, 'ach Huch vIghajbe'}?
>>qatlh vay' ram yIjatlhqang? yIjaq! yIjatlhqu'!
>>Why start with anything except what you have to say? Be bold! Be direct!
>
>using "qatlh" with an imperative doesn't seem to make sense to me.
jIQaghqa'. nIjlaw'lI' yabwIj. jIqImnISqu'taH.
-- ghunchu'wI' batlh Suvchugh vaj batlh SovchoH vaj