tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Nov 17 17:28:21 1996
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RE: KLBC: nuq
- From: "Adrian (HurghwI')" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: KLBC: nuq
- Date: Sun, 17 Nov 1996 19:29:21 -0600
At 10:58 PM 11/16/96 -0800, you wrote:
>jatlh lo'rel:
>
>> Ha'DIbaH maje'laH nuq
>> What meat can we buy?
>
>Oh dear. You've just hit one of those snags in the Klingon language. There
>is no easy way to say "Which <noun>."
>
>You can avoid the problem by rewording, however. Try this on for size:
>
>Ha'DIbaH wIje'nIS. nuq tu'lu'?
>We need to buy meat. What is there?
>
>You can certainly come up with other ways to say this.
I would have suggested the following, although I like your idea as well:
Ha'DIbaH 'oHbogh nuq wIje'laH.
"What can we buy which is meat?"
or what about:
DaH maHvaD Ha'DIbaHlIj yI'ang!
"Show us your meat now!"
>SuStel
>Beginners' Grammarian
>Stardate 96879.5
-Adrian K (aka HurghwI')
Stardate 96880.4
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