tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Jan 02 20:10:22 1997
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Re: KLBC: More Phrases
- From: "Donald E. Vick" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLBC: More Phrases
- Date: Thu, 2 Jan 1997 19:51:01 -0800 (PST)
- In-Reply-To: <[email protected]> from "David Trimboli" at Jan 2, 97 05:27:02 pm
> If you walked up to a Klingon and said "Have a happy New Year!" he'd probably
> respond by glaring at you and saying {jISaHbe'}. Translating this sentence
> literally just won't cut it in Klingon. (Okay, it would *literally* be
> {Quchbogh DIS chu' yIghaj}. But can you "have" a unit of time? It's not a
> thing you can hold. And do Klingons care if the year is happy? I doubt it.
Well, there's the variation that trI'Qal said to me the other night:
<DIS chu' DaSIQjaj!>
taDI'oS vIq, law'wI'pu'vaD Holtej jIH
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