tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Jul 03 10:30:48 1998
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Re: *Barney* bom KLBC
- From: Robyn Stewart <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: *Barney* bom KLBC
- Date: Fri, 3 Jul 1998 10:24:49 -0700 (PDT)
[email protected] wrote:
cha'logh vIlughmoH 'e' vInID 'ej cha'logh QapHa'choH De'wI'wIj. ngoD
toblu'pu': mIgh Barney.
Not your fault, but I'm not going to go through it a third time.
Errors are generally in verb prefixes. Consider person and number for
each. 1st + anything= 1st plural, 2nd + 3rd = 2nd plural, 3rd + 3rd =
3rd plural. And be' and je don't rhyme any better than me and bead.
> *Barney* bom vImuch 'e' HIchaw'
>
> qamuSbe' "I love you."
>
> chomuSbe' "You love me."
>
> ReH tay' tlhIH tuq'a'maj je "We're a happy family."
> Recast as "You will always be part of our
great
> house." The reason for the type 1 suffix (augmentative)
> was to help the meter.
>
> SoH nIDechqu' DeSDu'wIj 'ej mapaw' maH "With a great big hug and
kiss from
> me to you."
> Recast as "My arms surround you and we head
butt each
> other." Reasons; sounds more Klingon, no
words for
> hug and kiss and the rhyme.
>
> chomuSbe' 'e' jIjatlhtaH "Won't you say you love me too?"
> Recast as "Say you love me over and over!"
Reason;
> just my own belief that Barney has a sinister agenda.
>
> Well, that's it. I know at least one of the rhymes is forced and
the meter
> maybe off. It works when I sing it, though.
>
>
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