tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Feb 12 08:18:59 1999
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RE: Happy belated birthday
- From: "Rose, Thornton (Atlanta)" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: Happy belated birthday
- Date: Fri, 12 Feb 1999 11:18:48 -0500
> Thornton wrote:
>
> : I can wish someone a happy birthday by saying <qoSlIj Quchjaj!>.
>
> This should be {Quchjaj qoSlIj} "May your birthday be happy!" {qoS} is
> the subject and must follow the verb {Quch}. {qoS Quch} is the noun
> phrase "a happy birthday", with {Quch} used "adjectivally".
>
Oops. I was thinking about toasts, which traditionally end in a verb
that ends in <-jaj>.
> : How would I wish them a belated happy birthday?
>
> With a bigger gift? <g>
>
> Seriously, you can use {paS} "be late" (it's not in TKD but was heard in
> "Conversational Klingon" and later published in "Klingon for the Galactic
> Traveller"): {Quchjaj qoSlIj paS} "May your late birthday be happy!"
>
> FYI, here are other birthday greetings I've seen on the list:
>
> qoSlIj yIlop!
> qoSlIj DatIvjaj!
> DuQuchmoHjaj qoSlIj!
> Quch qoSlIj 'e' vItul.
> yIlop! qoSlIj 'oH jajvam'e'.
>
> I prefer a simple {qoSlIj yItIv} "Enjoy your birthday!". This pattern
> works with all sorts of holidays, just substitute for {qoSlIj}. Many of
> us use {yupma' yItIv} as an all-purpose holiday ("festival") greeting.
> That way we don't have to break our heads trying to translate the names of
> very un-Klingon holidays, which wouldn't be understood without an
> explanation anyway.
>
qatlho'.
> --
> Voragh
> Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
>
~ Thornton