tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Aug 30 14:42:07 1999
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Re: KLBC/why i speak klingon
- From: Mad Hatter <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLBC/why i speak klingon
- Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 15:39:34 -0600
> jatlh qultoQ:
> [wa' yavDuj (car) Segh pong rur ponglIj. meqvammo' pongvam
DawIvta''a'?]
ghobe'. vISovbe'pu'.
[welch' Auto ist's? das hab'ich nicht gewußt. echts, *qultoQ* ist wie
mann "phoenix", auf tlhIngan Hol sagt, steht's? *qul* Feuer ist, u.
*toQ*, der Vogel ist, nichts? das't wie ich hab' das g'meint. verstehen
Sie das mir? Deutsch sprech'ich, aber jetzt, mein Hochdeutsch, nicht so
gut ist. (:]
> Your message was labeled KLBC, but I haven't heard anything from pagh
for
> several days. If you don't mind, I'll check your translation. After
all, I
> was the one who wrote that Klingon stuff...
of course i don't mind.
> pagh, ngup SoH, 'ach bItamlI'. vaj KLBC QInvam vInuD 'e' yIchaw'neS.
it is okay with me...
> yInIDqa'.
>tlhIngan Hol vIHaDchoHDI', Hov leng muchwI'pu' vIyajmeH vIHaD.
klingon i:it`study`when`beganto, startrek
presentation`thing/onewhichdoes`[pl.] i:it`understand`inorderto
i:it`study
?[when i began to study klingon, i studied it in order to understand star
trek {actors?}]
> Here's a syntactical analysis of my sentence to help you with your
translation:
> tlhoS.
tlhoS?
> I didn't say something like "I happened to...". Don't add things the
author
> didn't say when you're translating other people's words.
sorry, thats how i translated the "occur" i think is what it was...
> >jIghojmeH jabbI'IDghomvamvaD jIjeSchoH.
?[in order to learn, i joined this mailing list]
> "dass"? *Germany*ngan SoH'a'?
i wish...nein, jetzt, im die Vereinigt Stadten, wohn'ich...
> Do you understand the German "jein"?
:) vIyaj. but i have never actually heard it used in conversation...
> Your grammar is right, but, please, translate a little more literally.
> {QIv} means "be inferior". "not good enough" doesn't feel quite the
same to me.
"be inferior", to me feels that theres a missing part of the phrase,
inferior to what?
hence the translation which avoided that...sorry
> Your grammar is ok. However, I do see a difference between "not be
exceptional" and "be not that different".
ja, das steht. aber, dass "be not that different" meint besser, als "not
be exceptional" hab'ich gedenkt.
> You chose a pretty difficult text to train your translation abilities.
My
> advice for you is to write a few simple sentences in Klingon on your
own.
> Thus you can learn much about syntax, which seems to be your major
problem.
> HovqIj
sorry, been offlist for several months and trying to get a little back
for the feel of tlhIngan Hol...
danke, Ihre Hilfe für...
-qultoQ
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