tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Sep 11 09:56:35 1997
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latlh Hov vISuch
- From: Terrence Donnelly <[email protected]>
- Subject: latlh Hov vISuch
- Date: Thu, 11 Sep 1997 11:53:06 -0500
jIja'qa' ngeHbej tej *vangteS.
DaH Hovtay'Daq chorghvatlh wej vI' loS vISuch.
'oHvaD *51 Pegasi* lupong tera'ngan.
Hovvam rurqu' tera' juHHov *Sol*.
rurqu' Qo'noS juHHov je.
'ach *Sol* Hovtay' rurbe'qu' Hovtay'vam.
Hovtay'Daq wa' yuQ neH tu'lu'.
tlhoS *Sol* yuQ *Jupiter* rur yuQvam.
loQ *Jupiter* tIn law', yuQvam tIn puS.
'ach HovDajDaq yuQvam bavmeH He Sum law', *Sol*Daq yuQ *Mercury* bavmeH He
Sum puS.
Hovvo' yuQDaq loS'uy' cha'netlh cha'SaD qelI'qam neH 'aD He ghoSnISlu'bogh.
*Sol*vo' *Mercury*Daq wejmaH wa''uy' 'aD.
qaStaHvIS loS tera' jajmey, Hov bavchu' yuQ.
Hovtay'vam luyajchu'be' tejpu'.
qatlh Hovvam rurqu' tera' Qo'noS je juHHovmey 'ach pImqu' Hovtay'vam?
qatlh tera' Qo'noS je Hovtay'Daq Sarbogh yuQ law' lutu'lu',
'ach Hovtay'vamDaq latlh yuQmey lutu'lu'be'?
qatlh HovDaq Sumqu' yuQ bavmeH He?
chay' bavtaHvIS SumtaH yuQ 'ach yuQ Qaw'chu'be' Hov tlham chem?
Hovtay' vIHaDqu'taH.
chaq peghmeyDaj vItu'chu'.
pItlh.
SKI: Another exercise in space science writing, this time based on a story in
the recent issue of "Discover".
One question: We know how to express numbers up to 9 million, but how do you
express a number beyond that? I looked at the word {netlh}, ten thousand, and
concluded that we're not allowed to put two-digit numbers before a
"place-marker".
That is, 22,000 has to be {cha'netlh cha'SaD} and not *{cha'maH cha'SaD}.
So, I wrote {wejmaH wa''uy'} above, but I don't mean "31 million" but "30
counts
of one million", i.e., "30 million". Any ideas?
-- ter'eS
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