tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Aug 25 03:12:30 1998
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Re: mI'tej qID
- From: "William H. Martin" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: mI'tej qID
- Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1998 06:16:03 -0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)
- Priority: NORMAL
qIDlIj vItIvqu'.
On Sun, 23 Aug 1998 07:26:45 -0700 (PDT) "Andeen, Eric"
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Hatlh beQDaq lenglI'meH cha' mI'tejpu', lupwI' lulIgh. chol Sargh tlhab
> ghom'a' Qorwaghvo' 'e' lulegh raQpo'pu'.
>
> <mamejnIS 'ej nujuS Sargh ghom'a' 'e' wIloSnIS> maq lupwI' DeghwI'.
>
> Qobbe'ba'mo' ghu', Sarghmey bejtaH raQpo'pu'. law'qu'mo' Dojqu'.
>
> bejtaHvIS mI'tejpu', Sarghmey buSbe' 'ej ja'chuq.
>
> juSpu'DI' Sargh ghom'a' 'ej vIHqa'pu'DI' lupwI', jupDaj ja' mI'tej wa'
> <wa'SaD vaghvatlh wejmaH cha' Sargh lutu'lu'>.
>
> jang latlh <bIqIDba'! Sarghmey DatoghlaHbe' jay'!>.
>
> jang mI'tej wa' <yIDoghQo'. Sarghmey vItoghbe'ba'. lemDu' vItogh, 'ej
> cha'logh bID vISIm.>
>
> pagh
>
> p.s. If anyone has a better way of saying "divide by four", please
> suggest it. I also considered <... loSlogh vIwav.>. If Okrand ever tells
> us about Klingon mathematics, I suspect this is how division will work,
> but without canon behind it, it's weird enough that I cannot use it.
Hmm.
loSlogh mI'vam vIwavchu'. (but that could be dividing by 16)
Perhaps better possibilities:
mI'vam vIwavmeH loS vIlo'.
mI'vam wav loS.
chenmeH loS ghom nIb, mI'vam vIwav.
chenmeH loS mI' nIb, mI'vam vIwav.
charghwI'