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Re: KLBC: ready



At 13:32 97-11-02 -0800, muHwI' wrote:
}ghItlh Qov:
}>> To say "ready" in Klingon you must say what you are ready to do.
} bItaghrup'a'?  bItaHrup'a'?  bImevrup'a'?  bIHeghrup'a'?<<
}
}ghItlh Voragh:
}>> Though the pun would be lost in Klingon, -beH "ready, set up" (referring
}to the computer) could be nicely contrasted with -rup (referring to the
}person using the computer). Other ways to say "ready" are ghuH "prepare for"
}(i.e. get ready) and the exclamations 'eH, SuH or Su' "Ready! Stand(ing) by!"
}<<
}
}Okay, here some Ready-Exercises:
}
}chu'beH'a' De'wI'lIj? (DatI'ta''a'?)
}Is your computer ready? (have you fixed it?)
}~-~-~-~-~-~-~
}verengan Suy jay': choqIprup 'e' teH'a'
}Ferengi: Do you really wanna hit me?

The first sentence is not the object of {teH}.  That 'e' construct is
invalid.  I'd translate your English as: {choqIprupbej'a'} or {choqIp
DaneHbej'a'}

}tlhIngan SuvwI': ghobe' - vIHoHrup - bIHeghrup'a'
}Klingon: no.., but I'm ready to kill you. Are you ready to die?

qaHoHrup.

}verengan Suy: ghobe' - jIHeghvIp
}Ferengi: Nope, I'm afraid to die.

maj.

}tlhIngan: vaj qaHoHnISqu' - qaHoHrupchu'
}Klingon: In that case I really need to kill you. I am perfectly ready to kill
}you.

maj.

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