tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Nov 30 05:23:05 1997
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yapbej tlhIngan Hol
- From: "Andeen, Eric" <[email protected]>
- Subject: yapbej tlhIngan Hol
- Date: Sun, 30 Nov 1997 06:32:08 -0700
tlhIngan Hol wIHaD. tlhIngan Hol wIlo'. qay'be'. jIQubchugh, tlhIngan
Hol vIlo'taHvIS Hoch qech'e' vIDelbogh vIDellaHchu'. rut pupbe'
mu'meywIj, 'ach DIvI' Hol vIlo'taHvIS rut pupbe' je mu'meywIj. pup pagh
Hol. jImughtaHvIS, pIj Qatlh DIvI' Hol mu'tlhegh. 'ach mu'tlhegh qech
vIngu'laHchu'chugh 'ej vIyajlaHchugh, tlhIngan Hol vIlo'taHvIS qech'e'
vIDellaH.
rut bep jatlhwI': <yapbe' tlhIngan Hol>. <mu'tlheghvam vImughlaHbe', vaj
Duy' tlhIngan Hol>. <mIw chu' wIghajnIS>. <*Okrand* wIyu'nIS>.
naQbe'bej mu'tay'maj, 'ej loQ pab wIyajchu'be'. qechmey law' wIngachtaH,
'ej lI' mIwvam. QaQ. rut qech wIyajchu'be'mo', *Okrand* wIyu'nIS ('ej
matlh yu'nIS *Okrand*). 'ach pIjHa' luj Hol'e' wIghajbogh. wIlo'laH 'ej
majatlhlaHchu'.
*Spanish* Hol *Latin* Hol *Swedish* Hol joq HaDchugh bepwI', beptaH'a'?
<DIvI' Hol mu'tlheghvam vImughlaHbe', vaj Duy' *Swedish* Hol> jatlh'a'?
chaq Duy' bepwI', 'ej Qapchu' Hol.
tlhIngan Hol lo'laHchu'chugh jatlhwI', pIjHa' bepnIS. Qubqangchugh,
jatlhlaHchu'. buDchugh, jatlhchu'be', 'ej bep neH. bepQo' 'ej bepnISbe'
po'qu'wI'.
We often hear "Klingon needs this" or "Klingon needs that". Because
Klingon is a constructed language (or because we have not heard enough
from Maltz), this is often true, especially in the area of vocabulary.
But because it is a constructed language, we tend to think the language
is at fault, when it is really the speaker. I certainly wouldn't
complain if Arabic had no way to say "The quick brown fox jumped over
the lazy dog" without significantly recasting the idea. We can and
should debate the boundaries of our language, but we should also use
what we have - it's an expressive and beautiful language. It is worth
noting that those who complain least are among the most skilled.
pagh