tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Dec 28 08:19:38 1999
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Re: Star Trek : Klingon! CD-Rom Game observation
- From: "William H. Martin" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Star Trek : Klingon! CD-Rom Game observation
- Date: Tue, 28 Dec 1999 11:19:11 -0500 (Eastern Standard Time)
- In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>
- Priority: NORMAL
On Tue, 28 Dec 1999 09:13:38 EST [email protected] wrote:
> pIj *KCD* vIQujpu'. reH munuQpu' vIDellaHbe'bogh vay'.
Anybody capable of using grammar of this sophistication should
work a little harder on word order. Direct objects preceed
verbs, even in relative clauses. Also, I suspect you wanted the
verb {ghov} instead of {Del}.
> DaH jIyaj. narghDI'
> romuluS HoHwI', "petaD" jatlh Pok vav. *Terran colloquialism* 'oH', qar'a' ?
> ("Everybody freeze!"?).
maQochbe'. ra'bogh wa' mu' ngaj neHba' Okrand 'ej mu'vam
wIvlaw'. vIlajlaH 'ach vItIvbe'.
> I was reminded of a few Terran "gangster" movies, and thought of a couple of
> lines that I thought would be humorous in a similar Klingon usage. What do
> you make of these?
>
> DungvaD peSIch ! (Everybody reach for the sky !)
> and my own favorite:
> Hewmey tIrur ! (Everybody make like statues !)
But we already have bIjeghbe'chugh vaj bIHegh!
batlh bIjeghchugh bISuvqa'be'ba'.
> I realize that a phrase like "Everyone, be frozen" could be interpreted as
> "Do not move" in any civilization, but I was bored, and wanted to nitpick.
jIyaj. I don't agree that it would make sense in any
civilization. "Become so cold as to turn your liquids solid!"
seems like a very odd command. It would also take a long time to
do this. I would have gone for a simple {yIvIHQo'!}
> juDmoS
charghwI'