tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Jun 06 14:30:08 1999
[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next]
Re: Thanks for the helping grope!
muSwI' wrote:
: Carleton Copeland schrieb:
: > qIDmeymo muHwI'vaD mupwI'vaD je qatlho'qu'!
:
: I wouldn't use the {-vaD} here
: instead of {qatlho'} say {vItlho'} or {Satlho'}.
Agreed.
muHwI' mupwI' je, Satlho'.
muHwI' and mupwI', (I) thank you.
muHwI' mupwI' je vItlho'.
I thank muHwI' and mupwI'.
Since English (and German) rely heavily on prepositions, native speakers of
these languages tend to use far too many noun suffixes ({-vaD} {-Daq], {-vo'},
{-mo'}, etc.) when writing Klingon. The sentence just looks too bare without
them. It takes a while to acquire a feeling for the new language.
: >> peng = torpedo
: > Still don't get it.
: Have you never read comic strips? When somebody shoots a gun, the noise
: it makes is usually PANG! I think that's the pun.
Maybe in Germany. In North America English speakers usually say "bang" with a
/b/ which, by the way, is also slang meaning to have quick, unemotional sexual
intercourse with someone. How this applies to {bang} "love" (i.e. a lover or
loved one) tells us much about Okrand's opinion of Klingon romance.
As I mentioned before, I think {peng} is a play on a sonar "ping!" - the sound
heard in many movies and television shows about submarines. And submarines
fire torpedoes.
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons