tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Jun 26 17:13:33 1997
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RE: KLBC: Go back three spaces...
- From: "David Trimboli" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: KLBC: Go back three spaces...
- Date: Fri, 27 Jun 97 00:03:43 UT
[email protected] on behalf of Rikterman wrote:
> I'm trying to translate one of the Chance cards for my Klingon Monopoly
> game and I've run into this problem. Is there any way of telling someone
> to go backward? I have to say "Go back three spaces". My first attempt
> was...
>
> wej yoSmey yIghoSHa'
>
> ..but, placing your token on any space other than the one that is three
> "districts" ahead will satify this command.
Not really. {-Ha'} is not the same as {-Qo'}. It means "undo." {wej yoSmey
tIghoSHa'} seems excellent for "go back three spaces." Though, depending on
how your board represents things, I might use {Daq}, {yuQ}, {Duj} or something
else instead of {yoS}.
Please note that with a third-person plural object, the appropriate prefix is
{tI-}.
> How about...
>
> wej yoSmey yIHeD
>
> ..can the distance or method of movement be the object of the sentence?
I don't think so. That's why I like your use of {ghoS} so much. Still, as
slightly clipped commands, you could make this: {yIHeD. wej yoSmey.}
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