tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Oct 31 20:00:54 1997
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Re: KLBC: (muHwI') Zipper
- From: Qov <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLBC: (muHwI') Zipper
- Date: Fri, 31 Oct 1997 20:00:23 -0800
At 10:18 97-10-29 -0800, you wrote:
}A woman is trying to board a bus, but her skirt is too tight and she can't
}step up.
}lupwI' tIj 'e' nID be' 'ach Qeyqu' *dress*Daj 'ej tIjlaHbe' be'.
mop, Sut, paH. yIbuDQo'. yIQub. Probably {Qeyqu'mo' ... tIjlaHbe'} is
better here. It's my observation that English uses and to mean "and then"
or "and so" but Klingon doesn't.
}She reaches behind her and lowers the zipper a bit and tries again.
}DubDaq SIch 'ej *zipper*Daj *lower* ghaH.
chaq *zipper* DamughnISbe' 'ach qatlh bIjatlhbe' *zipper* ghIrmoH?
}Skirt's still too tight.
}(is there Klingon way to say "...too <verb>" ?)
Sometimes {-qu'} works. Maybe here {QeytaHmo' tIjlaHbe'taH}.
}She reaches behind her and lowers the zipper some more.
}*zip*Daj *lower*qa'.
}
}She still can't get on and lowers the zipper a third time.
}tIjlaHbe' 'ej wejDIch *zip* *lower*chu'.
wejlogh. Consider using aspect suffixes when you're talking about an
action/situation that is ongoing.
}Suddenly, she feels two hands on her butt, trying to push her up onto the
}bus.
}DaH cha' ghop HotlaH be'. lupwI'vaD yuvtaH 'e' nID ghopDu'.
{pay'} and {DaH} are different concepts. {lunID}
}She spins around and says very indignantly, "Sir, I do not know you well
}enough for you to do that!!"
}pe'vIl DIng be' 'ej jach: Dochvam Data'meH qaSovbe'qu'.
}
}The man responds, "Lady, I don't know you well enough for you to unzip my fly
}three times either!"
}jang loD: *zipper*wIj DapoSmoHmeH qaSovbe'qu' je.
vIlajlaw'.
Qov [email protected]
Beginners' Grammarian