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RE: KLBC: nuqjatlh

jatlh SI'IluD:

> > >SI'IluD
>
> > Is this from Dune? Shai Halud, or whatever, the worms?
> 
> HI'SlaH, majQa'

It's spelled {HISlaH}.

> Hu' pus <Dune> vIlegh 'ej <SI'IluD> vIQoy.

Don't forget to always capitalize {S}!

You *might* prefer to use {bej} instead of {legh}.  I don't know if either is 
what a Klingon would use if he saw a couch potato, but {bej} means to watch 
over a period of time, and {legh} just means to see.  You *could* say {Hu' puS 
*Dune* vIleghlI' 'ej *SI'IluD* vIQoy} "A few days ago I was in the process of 
seeing "Dune," and I heard {SI'IluD}."  I still prefer {bej}, though I'd 
probably add {-lI'} anyway.

> pongvetlh vIparHa'qu'. vaj, <SI'IluD> vIwIv.
> 
> pongwIj DaparHa''a'
> 
> DIVI' pongwIj DaghItlhDI' 'e' Damuj.

{'e'} is a pronoun referring to the previous sentence.  You haven't used it 
properly here.  Reread TKD 6.2.5.

I think you were trying to say "You were wrong when you wrote my [Federation] 
name."  If you really want to say "Marc Paige" is your "Federation name," I 
guess you can, though I might say {Human pong} or {DIvI' Hol pong}.

Now, this sentence has two parts: the main sentence and the subordinate 
clause.  "You were wrong," and "when you wrote my name."

Human pongwIj DaghItlhDI' bImuj.
bImuj Human pongwIj DaghItlhDI'.

Either one of these can be used; see TKD 6.2.2.

You could also skip the subordinate clause, and say,

Human pongwIj DaghItlhHa'.
You mis-wrote my human name.

> <Marc Paige> DaghItlhchugh vaj Dalugh.

The last word means "You are right it."  You have no object, so you must use 
the verb prefix that indicates this: {bI-}.  {vaj bIlugh}.

-- 
SuStel
Beginners' Grammarian
Stardate 97199.4

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