tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Jul 21 15:13:44 1997
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Re: KLBC: nuch moj HoHwI'
- From: "David Trimboli" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLBC: nuch moj HoHwI'
- Date: Mon, 21 Jul 97 21:58:19 UT
jatlh cha'wIgh:
> The killer becomes a coward.
Your Klingon was in the subject line.
nuch moj HoHwI'.
maj.
> HoHwI'pu' moj novpu'
> The foreigners become killers.
maj.
> qej pabwI'
> The grammarians are grouchy.
"Grammarian" is a bit of a weird issue. Way back, somebody started using
{pabpo'}, although it doesn't follow the rules of Klingon as we now know them.
However, the term has stuck, and many still use it. Some prefer {pab
po'wI'}, and I imagine {pabwI' po'} also works. Or why not {pabtej}? My
signature is in English for two reasons, one of which is that the translation
for "grammarian" is less than certain.
Otherwise, this sentence is fine.
> Soppu' parHa' vulqanganpu
> Vulcans like consumers.
"Comsumers" as in "eaters"? Or as in "users"? Use {SopwI'pu'} for "eaters,"
or choose another word which is more appropriate.
Notice the Type 9 verb suffix on {Sop}. {Sop} is not a noun, it is a verb.
SopwI'pu' parHa' vulqanganpu'
Vulcans like eaters.
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SuStel
Beginners' Grammarian