tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Apr 09 16:21:47 1999
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RE: A little riddle
- From: TPO <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: A little riddle
- Date: Fri, 09 Apr 1999 19:22:11 -0400
>> I´ve tried to translate an old earth-riddle into modern
>> klingon. Does this translation make sense and if so, what
>> is the answer?
>
>> jajlo'Daq loS 'uSDu'
>> pemjepDaq cha' 'usDu'
>> choSDaq wej 'uSDu'
>
>> nuq jIH ???
>
>... I also don't know if the metaphor of a
>progressing day representing a progressing life works in Klingon. I'll leave
>that to intepretation by others. The lines in the riddle are also just
>phrases, not complete sentences. Since this is a riddle and meant to by
>somewhat cryptic, it might be OK, but it sounds weird to me.
When I read this (and simply ignored the [-Daq]s), being a riddle I thought
it read OK.
As far as whether it works in klingon or not... He translated an "old
earth-riddle". It's an earth riddle, not a klingon riddle. He was just
using the klingon language to present it (to other humans).
DloraH