tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed May 19 12:54:12 1999
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RE: KLBC: story
T'Lod:
> qaStaHvIS wa'maH vatlh DIS poH,...
>
> I just wanted to set a past tense setting for the story.
pagh:
: What you have said is "During ten centuries, ...". To set the time context
: of the story, use a specific timestamp: <wa'SaD ben, ...>. You could
: (probably) also say <qaStaHvIS vatlh DIS poH wa'maHDIch, ...> for "During
: the tenth century, ...".
Make that {qaStaHvIS vatlh DIS poH wa'maH} "During century ten" Centuries
are referred to with cardinal numbers in Klingon, not ordinal. E.g.:
qItI'nga Duj tera' vatlh DISpoH cha'maH wej HochHom lo'lu'taH
the K'Tinga-class remained in use for most of the 23rd century. S15
tera' vatlh DISpoH cha'maH loS bong QongmeH qItI'nga Duj tI'ang ghompu'
DIvI' 'ejDo' 'entepray'
A sleeper ship of this [K'Tinga] class, the T'Ong, was encountered in
the 24th century by the USS Enterprise. S15
And the still-unconfirmed Star Trek: The Experience communique text (which I
think was written by Okrand even though I can't prove it):
tera' vatlh DIS poH cha'maH loS bIyIn jeSlaHpa' Hoch
Be the first to journey to the 24th century. STX
Note how Okrand tags Earth centuries with {tera'}. When speaking to
Klingons
about Klingon centuries, a similar {Qo'noS} tag would not be needed.
: Of course, the Klingon tenth century may be quite different from
the Terran
one.
Agreed. SkyBox Card S15 (and STX?) is indirect evidence that Klingons also
group years {DIS poH} by hundreds, else why distinguish a Terran
century from
a presumably Kronos one? Not that we know how long a Klingon year is in
relation to a Terran year.
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons