tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Apr 20 09:00:39 1997
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Re: KLBC: Re: be'pu'
- From: Marc Ruehlaender <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLBC: Re: be'pu'
- Date: Sun, 20 Apr 1997 11:00:37 CDT
'Mago' De Miguel wrote:
>
> > naDev tlhIngan vIghoj Hol 'e' luyajbe' ghotpu'
> > (Here people doesn't understand me learning Klingon)
>
SuStel replied:
>
> I think you misordered {vIghoj} and {Hol}. However, I don't think this means
> quite what you intended. It sounds like "Here people don't understand that I
> speak Klingon." I'm sure they know you're speaking Klingon, but they don't
> understand *why*.
>
> How about this?
>
> tlhIngan Hol vIghojtaHmo', naDev muyajbe' ghotpu'.
> Because I am learning Klingon, people here don't understand me.
>
> If you're feeling really fancy, you could eliminate the vague {ghotpu'} and
> use the Type 5 verb suffix {-lu'}:
>
> tlhIngan Hol vIghojtaHmo', naDev vIyajbe'lu'.
> Because I'm learning Klingon, I am not understood.
>
Not having a particular reason, I somehow don't like the use of {-mo'}
here... how about
<<qatlh tlhIngan Hol Daghoj?>> reH mutlhob ghot. meq yajbe'.
HomDoq