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RE: name KLBC

• From: "Andeen, Eric" <[email protected]>
• Subject: RE: name KLBC
• Date: Thu, 5 Aug 1999 13:56:57 -0700

jIjatlh:
> Do keep in mind, though, that there are at least three reasonable 
> ways to say this sort of thing in Klingon:
> 
> malqa jIH - I am malqa
> malqa vIponglu' - I am called malqa
> malqa 'oH pongwIj'e' - My name is malqa
> 
> Unfortunately, we don't know which ones Klingons normally use in 
> a given context. You're probably fine with any of them, though.
> 

jatlh HomDoq:
> lugh'a' <<jIHvaD malqa ponglu'>> je?

I am called malqa - same meaning as <malqa vIponglu'>.

> lugh'a' <<jIHvaD malqa lupong tlhIngan>> je?

Klingons call me malqa - this works especially well for those who have
distinct tlhIngan Hol and DIvI' Hol names, like most of us.

> jIqawchu'be'.

lughbej.


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