tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Jan 31 21:17:09 1997
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Re: meeting greeting
- From: "eric d. zay" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: meeting greeting
- Date: Sat, 1 Feb 1997 00:23:32 -0500
> > Greetings. I am honored to see you tonight. I am pleased that you
> > are present. We are family, together. Relax and let your enemies scare
> > you not.
> >
> > Questions:
> >
> > is \DaHram\ a valid extrapolation for tonight given the Klingon for
today?
>
> No. Okrand has used the word {jajvam} in {Heghlu'meH QaQ jajvam} "It is
a
> good day to die" in TKW. One would presume that one might also say
{ramvam}.
One way to say "tonight" that was being used frequently at the qep'a'
wejDIch was *DaHjaj ram*, literally "Todays night".
SuSvaj
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