tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Jul 27 16:30:24 1998
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Re: KLBC - Qu'vatlh! qep'a'Daq jIjaH vIneH!
- From: Robyn Stewart <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLBC - Qu'vatlh! qep'a'Daq jIjaH vIneH!
- Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1998 16:32:38 -0700 (PDT)
--Steven Boozer wrote:
> : More elaborately, and probably unnecessarily so:
> : chu'bogh moQ wov lanlu'meH tlhIngan 'ar poQlu'.
> : "How many Klingons are required in order to place a new light
bulb?"
> : (The Klingon here is "light bulb which is new" because Klingon
doesn't
> : allow stacked adjectives like English).
> :
> : Qov - BG?
>
> Do you really need to say "a *new* light bulb" here?
qoq vIDa. bIlugh; Sor Darur.
> moQ wov jomlu'meH tlhIngan 'ar poQlu'?
> How many Klingons are required to install a light bulb?
pov.
jIjang: vagh -- moQ tlhe'moH wa' tlhIngan, moQ wov lIwvaD tay tIQ
SIQtaHvIS wej. 'ej rInDI' wanI' pa' Say'nISmoH vaghDIch.
SKI: Five. Note that use of numbers that way without accompanying
nouns is unsubstantiated.
==
Qov - Beginners' Grammarian
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