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Re: Gintaka Son Of Kovu

• From: Alan Anderson <[email protected]>
• Subject: Re: Gintaka Son Of Kovu
• Date: Sat, 21 Aug 1999 12:53:03 -0500
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• References: <[email protected]> (message fromSteven Boozer on Fri, 20 Aug 1999 00:28:13 -0500) <"Andeen, Eric"<[email protected]> <[email protected]>

ja'pu' Voragh:
>>Thomas West wrote:
>>
>>: Live long and prosper!
>>
>>This we can say in Klingon, in two ways no less:
>>
>> yIn nI' yISIQ 'ej yIchep!
>>
>>and
>>
>> yItaH 'ej yIcheptaH!

ja' ~mark:
>I've always preferred
>
>nI'jaj yInlIj 'ej bIchepjaj.
>
>More "verb"ish, I think.

As counterpoint, I have always thought that the Vulcan language would
make a clear distinction between a "wish" and a "command".  Since the
phrase in question here is stated as a command, I would prefer not to
render it as a wish in Klingon.

-- ghunchu'wI' 'utlh

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