tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Nov 11 13:44:03 1999
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Re: Klingon Word of the Day
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- Subject: Re: Klingon Word of the Day
- Date: Thu, 11 Nov 1999 16:43:23 EST
vIjatlh:
>DaHjaj <<jaj mu'>> lI' law' wa'Hu' <<jaj mu'>> lI' puS.
jatlh Voragh:
>I've already seen this a couple of times so it may be too late to nip it in
>the bud, but {jaj mu'} feels a bit vague to me.
>
>IMESHO a better way to say "word of the day" would be {DaHjaj mu'},
>modelled on the Klingon restaurant term {DaHjaj gheD} "catch of the day"
>(lit. "today's prey") from KGT.
But then, how would you distinguish between "today's Word of the Day" and
"Word of the Day"? {DaHjaj DaHjaj mu'} sounds awkward to me.
vIjatlh:
>qatlh chIch QaghtaH <<bachHa'>> "part of speech"?
jatlh Voragh:
>As for "part of speech", we can always translate it literally as {QIch
>'ay'} -- though {pab 'ay'} or {Hol 'ay'} also work -- though I'm certain
>that's not the term Klingon grammarians use.
>
>I do wish some Federation linguist would ask Maltz to give us more detailed
>grammatical terminology for us to use.
Actually, I've never really seen the logic of the word "part of speech" in
English, and I don't feel we need to literally translate it to tlhIngan Hol.
If I had to translate it to Klingon, I would prefer {mu' Segh}.
- DujHoD