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Re: ram Hurgh



ja' m109 :

> Speaking about 'walking the fields'would it be acceptable to say
>
> *Dat jIghoS*    I go everywhere or *Dat jIyIt*  I walk everywhere
>
> to convey an idea of wandering around with no definate purpose.
> Or does it mean, for example, 'I go to the shop, then to the hardware
> store, then back home'
>
> Write Back
> qelayn
> --
> m109

OK, I'll try to interpret {yotlhmey vIghoS}:
- I walk/go/proceed... whatever
- There are fields
- I am not just running around like a drunk human
- I follow some kind of course which is not clearly defined; there is
  just the word <fields>
  -> So I can say something like <I follow the course which is
     defined by "fields">
    -> Then I shorten that to <I follow the course of the fields>
      -> For the concept "follow a course" the word {ghoS} is usually
         used.
         ->This gets me back to {yotlhmey vIghoS}.

<I walk the fields> was probably a bad translation.
Can you understand my thoughts now? Is my Klingon sentence okay then?
There are certainly better ways to say that, but it had to end in
{-oS}... So, is it acceptable?

HovqIj


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