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Re: jIH toDwI'



Ok, since this is specifically no longer KLBC, I'll have a go at it. :)

ghItlh [email protected]:
> Greetings from Holodeck Two;
> I am translating my Icons on my Windows-Desktop.
> qI'meywIj vImughtaH

     According to TKD, {qI'} is a verb, not a noun.  Try {per}, or maybe
{Degh}.  The {vImughtaH} is correct, and the suffices on {qI'meywIj} are
correct.

> Can I say jIH toDwI' as Screensaver?

     Yes.

> For Programs I said ghunghachmey...

     This is not good.  It is not quite correct to use {-ghach} on a verb
without any other suffix.  It is understandable, but weird, as if you
called them "programmagenesses" in English.

> My aol-Internet-browser-eMail-Icon, I called QumwI'

     maj.

> and for shut down computer I got mev De'wI'

     {mev} means "stop, cease".  This could mean it froze up, or that
you just stopped a program.  This is a personal opinion, but I would
think that something like {chu'Ha'} (deactivate) would be simpler, and
then you would have to move {De'wI'} to the object position:  {De'wI'
chu'Ha'}.

> Can I say for my "Imersion Studies": tlhIngan Hol HaDmey

     Again, {HaD} is a verb, not a noun.  You can say {tlhIngan Hol
HadmeH ghItlhmey} - "writings for the purpose of studying Klingon
language".

> There you be, now it is not KLBC anymore, so you "may" help me now.

     qaQaHchu'ta' 'e' vItul.

wIvqu', law'wI'pu'vaD Holtej jIH
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