tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Aug 05 23:37:56 1997
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Re: Hi. Newbie here.
- From: "David Trimboli" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Hi. Newbie here.
- Date: Wed, 6 Aug 97 05:24:50 UT
[email protected] on behalf of Murray Roke wrote:
> naqneH
That's {nuqneH}.
> Is this a greeting i can use in this context?
That's a question which has always been hotly debated around here. There are
two views: (1) {nuqneH} works exactly like English "hello." (2) {nuqneH},
which literally means "What do you want?" is used in exactly that context:
when desiring to know why someone has accosted you.
I'm quite firmly planted in the (2) camp. I think it's a ridiculous notion to
see Klingons smiling happily and shouting "What do you want?" at each other
for no other reason than to acknowledge their presence.
> Anyway I am new here.
> I will probably have used my entire tlhingan Hol
> vocabulary by the time I chu'Ha' my computer.
Careful! It's a bad idea to try to mix Klingon and English sentences. It's
usually all right with nouns, but the grammar is so different that doing it
with verbs is a Bad Idea.
That said, you DID use this verb in the correct context . . .
> It is probably mostly wrong as well, As I don't
> have a clue about the grammar :)
>
> one Question. Is there a digital version of the
> dictionary? (plain text or otherwise)
That would be a violation of copyright. There are lookup programs which do
not display the dictionary in a text format for you, but you'll need to
actually purchase TKD for the wordlist and grammar.
--
SuStel
Beginners' Grammarian
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