tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Aug 06 09:08:37 1999
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RE: KLBC / SIrgh chu'
- From: "Andeen, Eric" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: KLBC / SIrgh chu'
- Date: Fri, 6 Aug 1999 09:09:41 -0700
jatlh pIl'o':
> tachDaj vIvum.
tachDaq
> [jIvum? I know this has been covered but I forgot.]
Qapbej <jIvum>.
> (bachHa'meywIj bocherghnIS.) Ahem, where was I?
Please, please, please, please, please don't say <bachHa'meywIj>. <bachHa'>
is a slang word meaning basically "screw up", but with the suffix <-Ha'> it
must be a verb. Using it as a noun mimics some really awful English slang
that gives me the heebie-jeebies, and is not very Klingon anyway. Sorry -
you just hit a sore spot. You could of course say <jIbachHa' 'e'
bocherghnIS> instead.
> qabpu' ramvam [okay, so technically I should say "last night"
> but it's 6-ish am here as I write this and I haven't been to
> sleep after my shift yet. I don't acknowledge "tomorrow" until
> after I've slept. Sometimes makes for wierd 6 day weeks....]
> ***plus, my internet server down first attempt to post this so
> now as I post this at 2pm, this story was in fact "last night"
> .....
We know that Klingons think of a day as dawn to dawn (which wouldn't work
too well in your part of the world), so a Klingon in your situation would
probably say <ramvam> as well.
> nolHom rurpu' malja'. jIbuSHa'.
Do'Ha'.
> tlhIchmo' buy'taH tachDaq mud'e'.
I don't think this is a very good use of <buy'>. Given your opinion of the
smoke, I suggest using <lam> or <'up> instead. Also, there is no need for
the <-'e'> on <muD>.
> taghDu'wIj mInDu'wIj je 'oy' muD He'So'qu''e'.
<'oy'> is defined as "ache, hurt, be sore", so it almost certainly means "My
eyes hurt" rather than "It hurt my eyes". You need to add <-moH>. I also
very much like the <He'So'>, but again, drop the <-'e'>.
> teSDu'wIj 'oy' QoQ'a'. chuSqu'!
<'oy'moH> again. I also think you want just <QoQ>. The music may have been
very loud (as you said), but I doubt it was better or more musical, so it
should not get an <-'a'>.
> QanwI'Hommey ngaS qoghDu'wIj.
maj.
> QoQqoq vISIQtaHvIS 'e' reH vIlo' Dochvelth.
The <'e'> doesn't belong here, and <Dochvetlh> is the object of <vIlo'>, so
it has to go before <vIlo'>.
> rut Doch loDpu'. jIbuSHa'.
> motlh tInba' porghchaj 'ach reH machchu' qa'chaj 'e' vItu'.
tIqna' DaDuQ. maj.
> mach Huch 'ej munuQ qamDu'wIj.
Do'Ha'. Unless you were getting paid in dimes, I think <puS Huch> would be
better than <mach Huch>.
> jIbuSHa'. jImI'rupqa'chu'qu'! vItIv. vImuSHa'. vIpoQtaH.
maj.
pagh
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