tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Jan 15 01:45:41 1997
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Re: KLBC: tea for two
- From: Ivan A Derzhanski <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLBC: tea for two
- Date: Wed, 15 Jan 1997 11:44:10 -0800
- Organization: Institute for Mathematics and Computer Science
- References: <[email protected]>
Mark E. Shoulson wrote:
> >From: Thornton Rose <[email protected]>
> >Now, sometimes I just start with the question "What kind of tea
> >do you want?", because I know the answer is going to be "yes".
> >In tlhIngan Hol I want to say:
> > nuq Dargh DaneH?
>
> [...] "nuq Dargh DaneH" is asking "What's tea do you want?"
> or "You want the tea of what?" Not quite what you mean either.
It does seem to work in some cases:
{nuq Dargh? _India_ Dargh.}
{nuq Dargh? _rosebud_ Dargh.}
But it wouldn't do for `black tea', `green tea', `iced tea', `sour tea'.
I wonder if there is an interrogative verb (`(be) of what kind') sitting
in store in Maltz's head. As in *{kix Dargh?} `What kind is the tea?',
*{Dargh kix DaneH?} `What kind of tea do you want?'. (Using non-Klingon
letters for the non-word, lest I be accused of making a *proposal* for
`filling a gap' in Klingon, which I'm not.)
> >So, here is my second try at "What kind of tea do you want?", even
> >though it seems awkward:
> >
> > Dargh DatlhutlhmeH nuq DawIv?
>
> Still awkward, yes.
Hrmph. {Dargh vItlhutlhmeH HIvje'vetlh tIn vIwIv.}
--'Iwvan
--
"mIw'e' lo'lu'ta'bogh batlh tlhIHvaD vIlIH [...]
poH vIghajchugh neH jIH, yab boghajchugh neH tlhIH"
(Lewis Carroll, "_Snark_ wamlu'")
Ivan A Derzhanski <[email protected], [email protected]>
Dept for Math Lx, Inst for Maths & CompSci, Bulg Acad of Sciences
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