tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Dec 06 09:11:49 1999
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Re: SengwIj
- From: "William H. Martin" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: SengwIj
- Date: Mon, 6 Dec 1999 12:06:52 -0500 (Eastern Standard Time)
- In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>
- Priority: NORMAL
HIvqa' veqlargh. QaghwIj moj qa'ral Qagh. lughDI' mu'<<buS>> mu'
<<qIm>> lo' qa'ral 'ej *object* lo'laHbe' mu' <<qIm>>. mu'
<<qIm>> vIlaD 'ej *prefix* vIbuSHa'. *appositive* lo' qa'ral 'e'
vIpIH 'ej jIjang.
On Mon, 6 Dec 1999 13:55:35 +-300 Carleton Copeland
<[email protected]> wrote:
> muja' charghwI':
>
> > jIltheD vIneHbe'. chora'laHbe'. choyajlaHbe'law'.
>
> My exchanges with charghwI' typically exhibit about as much mutual
> understanding as "Who's on First?" in the original Klingon, but I do see
> the problem here:
maQumHa'mo' jI'IQ. ghu'vam vIDuvqang.
> jIja'pu':
>
> >> ghunchu'wI' charghwI' je tIqIm!
>
> ja'pu' charghwI':
>
> > chorI'law'.
>
> In my head, {tIqIm!} was saying, "(you, i.e., nuvnov) pay attention to
> (them, i.e., ghunchu'wI' charghwI' je)! jIbachHa'law'pu', vaj HIvqa'
> veqlargh! I know about chaos theory--small changes in initial conditions
> and all that--but really, charghwI', did one small grammatical error throw
> you off to such an extent that you thought I was giving you and ghunchu'wI'
> unsolicited advice about marriage and changing your places of residence?
HIja'. Others have given me such invasive advice for less reason.
> jIyay'!
loQ jIyay' je vaj qajang. rut maDogh Hoch.
> qa'ral
charghwI'