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pab lugh'a' / KLBC
- From: "K.A Tsai" <[email protected]>
- Subject: pab lugh'a' / KLBC
- Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 11:00:52 -0700
"Telling jokes in the Big House"
[I'm still trying to get back into learning Klingon, so I need a quick
grammar check.]
bIghHa' SopwI'pa'Daq 'uQ SoptaH qama' chu'.
[In the jail mess hall a new prisoner was eating supper.]
pay' Qam wa' qama'. jatlh "cha'maH cha'".
[Suddenly a prisoner stood up. He said, "twenty-two."]
Hagh qama' Hoch. Haghbe' qama' chu' neH.
[All the prisoners laughed. Only the new prisoner didn't laugh.]
Qam latlh qama'. jatlh "loS".
[Another prisoner stood up. "Four," he said.]
Haghqu' qama' Hoch. Haghbe' qama' chu' neH.
[All the prisoners laughed a lot. Only the new prisoner didn't laugh.]
Qam qama' wejDich. jatlh "wa'maH jav".
[A third prisoner stood up. He said, "Sixteen."]
Haghbejqu' qama' Hoch. Haghbe' qama' chu' neH.
[All the prisoners roared. Only the new prisoner didn't laugh.]
maqochDaj Sum ghel qama' chu'. jatlh "nuq jatlh chaH? qatlh Hagh?"
[The new prisoner asked his buddy who was near-by. He said, "what are they
saying? Why are they laughing?"]
jatlh Sumbogh maqoch, "cha'maH vagh qID DISov neH. mI' ghaj Hoch qID. qID
Daja' DaneHchugh vaj mI'Daj yIlo'."
[Said the buddy near him, "We only know twenty-five jokes. Each joke has a
number. If you want to tell a joke, then use its number."
cha'maH vagh qID qawchu'DI', qID ja' neH qama' chu'.
[After memorizing the twenty-five jokes, the new prisoner wanted to tell a
joke.]
bIghHa' SopwI'pa'Daq 'uQ luSoptaHvIS, Qam qama' chu'. jatlh "wa'maH wej".
[In the mess hall of the jail while they were eating supper, the new
prisoner stood up. He said "Thirteen."]
tambejqu' latlh qama' Hoch.
[All the other prisoners were totally silent.]
nom ba' qama' chu'.
[Quickly the new prisoner sat down.]
maqochDaj tlhob, jatlh "qatlh Haghbe' chaH?"
[He asked his buddy, "Why didn't they laugh?"]
"bIqIDlaHba'be'qu' neH".
[You just really don't know how to tell a joke very well.]
pItlh
runa