tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Nov 30 14:10:13 1996
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RE: KLBC: Hov leng: tlhIngan *cd-rom*
- From: "David Trimboli" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: KLBC: Hov leng: tlhIngan *cd-rom*
- Date: Sat, 30 Nov 96 21:08:28 UT
November 29, 1996 11:37 AM, jatlh loDDoq:
> SuStel jatlh(maj'a'?),
Er, no. There are two problems here. First, "SuStel said" should be {jatlh
SuStel}. The subject always follows the verb.
Second, {maj} is not a verb! It is an exclamation which expresses
satisfaction. When you feel satisfied that something is okay, you say {maj}.
It doesn't just mean "good."
In this case, you're asking if you got the sentence right. {lugh'a'
mu'tlheghvam?} "Is this sentence correct?"
> I didnt understand what you've said about your name,something like "why my
***
> name?".
I don't remember exactly what I said, but I was asking why you had added the
{-'a'} suffix to the middle of my name.
> Anyway,I didnt find the word for "Trek" so I said *Hov leng*-is it good?
This is what most people use. I have done it myself sometimes, but I prefer
to simply say "Star Trek." Besides, most Earth languages which have
translated the show have not kept the original title intact. Some changes are
pretty radical!
> I've understand u have it(the game is pretty easy but it's a great movie
about
> Klingons
> and the LanguageLab is cool!I've learned a lot from it).
jIQochbe'! bIlugh. ngeD Quj. ram ngoDvam.
> *vIQuj ngaD 'ach HoSghaj Hol QaQ*
There is no word {ngaD}, but I suspect you were trying to say {ngeD} "easy."
However, you can't say *{vIQuj ngeD}. This translates roughly as "I play it
it is easy." I'd just leave it as what I have above: {ngeD Quj} "The game is
easy.}
{HoSghaj Hol QaQ} "Good language is powerful." Is this what you intended to
say?
tlhIngan Hol DajatlhchoHpu'mo', batlh bIvang!
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SuStel
Beginners' Grammarian
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