tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Jun 26 19:04:46 1996
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Re[2]: Appropriateness (was Re: RotterdamDaq qep'a)
- From: [email protected] (Alan Anderson)
- Subject: Re[2]: Appropriateness (was Re: RotterdamDaq qep'a)
- Date: Wed, 26 Jun 1996 21:08:43 -0500
Andre Seesink writes:
> Oke, I now realize what I've done with sending this message about
> the RotterdamDaq qep'a.
maj. bIyajmo' jIQuch. DaH tlhIngan Hol'e' wIqelqa'laH.
Fine. I'm happy that you understand.
Now we can return to discussing the Klingon *language*.
> I'd like to say this about it (it
> directly a good way to check my first klingon sentence, gimme
> some):
lu'. Sure!
> maj. jItlhIj, pItlh'a
> good. I apologise, but it's done.
The first two-thirds are pretty good. However, "but" is a separate word,
not a suffix. "But done!" would be {'a pItlh} or {'ach pItlh}.
I'm not sure {pItlh} is all that appropriate here; it works, but {rIntaH}
seems better to me.
-- ghunchu'wI' batlh Suvchugh vaj batlh SovchoH vaj