tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Jan 06 14:50:12 1997
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RE: KLBC: Short exchange
- From: "David Trimboli" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: KLBC: Short exchange
- Date: Mon, 6 Jan 97 02:18:29 UT
On Sunday, January 05, 1997 8:21 PM, [email protected] on behalf of Perry
Brulotte wrote:
> I've been thinking about a statement posted by *SuStel* a while ago about
> using actual meaningful sentences in Klingon, as opposed to just translating
> words at random. Below are some translations.
>
> -----
>
> The bartender asks, "What do you want?"
> The customer says, "I'll have Romulan Ale."
> The bartender says, "That will be 6 credits. Can you pay?"
> The customer says, "Yes. Give it to me now!"
> The bartender gives a glass to the customer.
> The bartender says, "Pay now!"
> The customer pays the bartender.
> The customer drinks and leaves the bar.
> -----
>
> <<nuqneH>>, jatlh chom.
> <<romuluSngan HIq>>, jatlh je'wI'.
> <<jav DeQ. DaDIllaH'a'?>>, jatlh chom.
> <<HIja'. DaH jIHvaD yInob!>>, jalth je'wI'.
> je'wI'vaD ngaSwI' nob chom.
> <<DaH yIDIl!>>, jatlh chom.
> chomvaD DIl je'wI'. [[ I feel that this one is weak, but it's all I could
> gome up with ]]
chomvaD HIq DIl je'wI'.
chomvaD DeQ nob je'wI'.
HIq DIl je'wI'.
Take your pick, or come up with another like them.
> tlhutlh, vaj tach mej je'wI'.
"He drinks, therefore the customer leaves the bar."
{vaj} is not used for sequencing: "first this, then that . . ." It is used
for drawing conclusions. You should always be able to substitute the word
"therefore" for "then" in the English translation. If you cannot, you
probably haven't used {vaj} correctly.
tlhutlh. tach mej je'wI'.
majQa'. latlh Daqon DaneH'a'?
Well done. Want to write another?
--
SuStel
Beginners' Grammarian
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