tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Dec 10 07:56:19 1997
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Re: KLBC simple phrases from Klingon 2
- From: Joel Peter Anderson <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLBC simple phrases from Klingon 2
- Date: Wed, 10 Dec 1997 09:56:09 -0600 (CST)
- In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>
On Wed, 10 Dec 1997, William H. Martin wrote:
> On Tue, 2 Dec 1997 08:23:43 -0800 (PST) Joel Peter Anderson
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On Tue, 2 Dec 1997, Philippe Lavoie wrote:
> >
> > > I went to http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/4854/klin2.htm
> > >
> > > This is a place where they give you simple phrases to translate. I
> > > need more of those...
> > >
> > > I came across the following problems:
> > >
> > > jIHDaq yuch Danob qoj qaSuv <-> give me chocolate or I fight you
> > >
> > > wouldn't this be better if they used
> > >
> > > jIHDaq yuch yInob qoj qaSuv
>
> <jIHvaD> QaQ law' <jIHDaq> QaQ puS.
>
> You can also say:
>
> yuch HInob!
>
> or
>
> yuch chonobbe'chugh vaj bIHegh!
Again - I don't disagree with these. The answers I gave were framed
within the meager subset of words I offered in the Klingon 1 brochure.
I'd encourage someone to take Qov's admirable vocabulary suggestions and
do a similar pair of lessons - it is a fun exercise, and on GeoCities you
can set up the page for free! [heck, maybe I'll do it....]
The prefixes I provided didn't include imperative (so "give me chocolate
or I fight you" was a statement, not a command) nor did the vocabulary
include "Hegh" - I'd just as soon not teach 5th graders to kill over
chocolate - fighting was bad enough.
joel anderson * [email protected] * [email protected]
mIghghachvo' yImej 'ej yIQaQ; roj yInej 'ej Dochvam yItlha'
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