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RE: What sort?

• From: "Andeen, Eric" <[email protected]>
• Subject: RE: What sort?
• Date: Thu, 2 Sep 1999 13:28:12 -0700

jatlh Zrajm:

> De'vam yIlaD 'ej yIjang.

> I tried to translate "What kind [of tea] is he making?" 
> but how do I say that in klingon? Is {nuq Segh vut.} correct?

Probably not. <nuq vut?> would mean "what is he cooking?", but <nuq Segh
vut?> doesn't work (at least as far as we know).

The typical Klingon way of saying this sort of thing is to turn it into a
command:

Dargh Segh vutbogh yIngu' - Identify the variety of tea he is preparing.


pagh
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