tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Jan 25 22:51:06 1999
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Re: Klingon in the News
- From: [email protected]
- Subject: Re: Klingon in the News
- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 01:50:05 EST
In a message dated 1/25/1999 10:22:13 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[email protected] writes:
<< >DenverDaq "Rivals" (gholpu') luDa DawI'pu'
naDev lughbe'law' <lu->.
"Rivals" vIghovbe'. tIDel.
>lumaqmeH "radio" lo' maqwI'
mumISmoHchu' mu'tlheghvam. maqwI' 'ar Daqel? nuq maqlu'?
>maq ghaH ghopDap ghajbe' 'ej tlhInganpu' ghajbe'
nuqjatlh? jIyajbe'chu'. cha' mu'tlhegh DaghItlhpu''a'?
"He/she proclaims; he/she does not have an asteroid and he/she does not
have Klingons." qatlh ghopDap qellu' jay'?
>'ach maqwI' ghomvetlhvaD jabbI'ID vIngeHrup
<maqwI' ghomvetlhvaD> DaghItlhpu', 'ach munargh qech DaHechbogh.
"But for the proclaimer's that group I am prepared to send a transmission."
>(gholpu') vIbejDI' tlhIngan QI' HIp vItuQ 'e' vInab
mu'tlheghvam'e' vIyajlaw', 'ach gholpu' vISovbe'taH.
>>
You translated correctly back into English. What do you not understand?
<< >DenverDaq "Rivals" (gholpu') luDa DawI'pu'
Actors are acting "Rivals" (gholpu' in Klingon) in Denver.
Comment: lu- is necessary since the actors are plural and the play is
singular, even though the name of the play refers to a plural entity.
>lumaqmeH "radio" lo' maqwI'
mumISmoHchu' mu'tlheghvam. maqwI' 'ar Daqel? nuq maqlu'?
A broadcaster uses the radio to proclaim it.
maqwI' 'ar? One broadcaster.
nuq maqlu'? The advertisement about the play "Rivals" is broadcast.
>maq ghaH ghopDap ghajbe' 'ej tlhInganpu' ghajbe'
This is a quote: He broadcasts, "It (the play) does not have asteroid(s) nor
does it have Klingons."
>'ach maqwI' ghomvetlhvaD jabbI'ID vIngeHrup
<maqwI' ghomvetlhvaD> DaghItlhpu', 'ach munargh qech DaHechbogh.
"But for the proclaimer's that group I am prepared to send a transmission."
maqwI' ghom = broadcast corporation (or company, or conglomerate, or simply
group). It is a simple noun-noun.
>(gholpu') vIbejDI' tlhIngan QI' HIp vItuQ 'e' vInab
mu'tlheghvam'e' vIyajlaw', 'ach gholpu' vISovbe'taH.
(gholpu') is obviously the parenthetical equivalent of "Rivals" in sentence
one. It is the Klingon translation of the name of a play, indicated by the
fact that {DawI'pu') are {Da}-ing it.
peHruS