tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Jan 05 18:13:55 1997
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RE: Klingon Anthem
- From: "David Trimboli" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: Klingon Anthem
- Date: Mon, 6 Jan 97 02:08:34 UT
January 05, 1997 6:58 PM, jatlh chj:
> I am new to this mailing list and am not very good at Klingon, but I do
> want to learn.
Great! I'm SuStel, the list's Beginners' Grammarian. If you have any
questions or want to talk on a beginner's level, just put "KLBC" in the
subject line. As BG, I'll be the first allowed to correct your grammar. And
please don't correct other people's KLBC grammar until I've had a chance!
If you haven't, take a look at these important sites:
The KLI:
http://www.kli.org
The FAQ:
http://www.thomtech.com/~dspeers/klingon/faq.html
> Looking at the anthem below please can you tell me what "qeleS", "yapo"
> and "mapo" mean. I have TKD but can find no clues there.
The words you are referring to are merely someone's transcription of what they
heard in the anthem sung on the Star Trek: Klingon CD-ROM game. No one can
really make out more than a few words of what they're saying, so don't be
discouraged if you have trouble with it, to.
What's written as {qeleS} may have been {qeylIS}, or "Kahless," as in
"Kahless, the Unforgettable." The other words I hear in the anthem as well,
but they don't seem to mean anything. Who knows? Perhaps they are
nonsense-words thrown into the song! Maybe Klingons do that! (I doubt it,
though.)
--
SuStel
Beginners' Grammarian
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