tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri May 23 16:49:29 1997
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Re: vIttlheghmey: was Dream Proverb
- From: "SuSvaj" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: vIttlheghmey: was Dream Proverb
- Date: Fri, 23 May 1997 19:56:12 -0400
jIghItlh
> As long as we are on the topic of made up proverbs, I always thought that
> > the Addams Family Credo of "Sic Gorgiamus allos subjectatos nunc", (We
> > gladly feast on those who would subdue us.) cried out for Klingon. My
> > rendition would be:
> >
> > nuchargh 'e' neHbogh nuvpu' wISopqu'mo' mabel.
> > SuSvaj
jang charghwI'
>
> You don't want to use {'e'} as the object of {neH}. It is the
> one verb that does not need it. You also forgot the often
> forgotten {lu-} and {DI-}prefixes. My own version (which I think
> I've slightly changed since the series I think ~mark directed
> you towards) is:
bIlugh. Good points.
>
> nucharghta' luneHpu'bogh chaH DISopmo' maQuch.
I think I still prefer to use *qu'* on *Sop* to emphasize "Feast."
nuchargh luneHbogh nuvpu' wISopqu'mo' mabel!
SuSvaj