tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Nov 23 08:03:24 1999
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KLBC and response ...
- From: Carleton Copeland <[email protected]>
- Subject: KLBC and response ...
- Date: Tue, 23 Nov 1999 19:04:53 +-300
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jIja':
> qajunpaQDaj Ho'nISlu'bej 'ach wej qaDwI'vam SaHnISlaw' HoDma'.
ja' chavta'ngav:
> my translation to avoid miscommunications-until im good enough
> -->I certainly admire your audacity, however our captain apparently
> -->needs not to be concerned yet about this challenge of mine
jImugh'egh 'e' Dachaw'mo', I'd put it this way:
One certainly has to admire his audacity, but I don't think our captain
need worry about this challenger as yet. (I prefer *I think* to
*apparently* here.)
> my response to him
> bIjatlh ghaj jIH <<qajunpaQ>>
> -->you said I show audacity
> bI lugh 'a tlhIngan jIHqu' 'e' bIlugh bISovmoH meq
> -->you are right but the reason you are is....I'M A KLINGON !!!
qavaqbe'. qajunpaQ vIHo' 'ej tlhIngan SoHbej!
Hmm ... qa-jun-paQ, ca-jon-es. Sounds like one of those backfit deals.
> qatlh <<qaDwI'vam>> mu' chojatlh SoH?
> -->why did you say the word <<qaDwI'vam>>?
>did you mean--> *this challenge of mine*? or *this my challenge*?
> tugh lugh vIneH jIH vaj <<qaDlI'vam>> DaHech SoH
> -->I want to be right, so... did you intend <<qaDlI'vam>>
> * this challenge of yours*?
*This challenge of mine* would have been {qaDwIjvam). The possessive noun
suffix {-wI'} is used only if the possessed thing (my challenge) is capable
of speech. What I wanted was the *verb* suffix {-wI'}, which turns the verb
{qaD} (to challenge) into a noun meaning *something or someone that
challenges* (challenger). So *my challenger* would be {qaDwI'wI'}!
jIQIjtaHvIS jIbachHa'pu'chugh, mulughmoHbej pagh
If I screwed up this explanation, pagh will undoubtedly set me straight.
qa'ral