tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Dec 08 19:30:18 2000
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RE: bridge (RE: pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeese ?)
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> From: De'vID [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Friday, December 08, 2000 5:39 AM
> To: tlhIngan-Hol
> Subject: bridge (RE: pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeese ?)
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> jIjatlh:
> > 'e' DaHarchugh, SoHvaD "USS Brooklyn" meH vIngev. [corrected]
> > = If you believe that, I'll sell you the bridge to the USS Brooklyn.
'e' DaHarchugh vaj reH bIpawDI' monchu' Hoch verenganpu'.
> cha' puH chev bIQtIq. bIQtIq DungDaq qach tu'lu'. cha' puH rar qach.
> chay' qachvam vIngu'?
ghaytan latlh Dop DaghoS DaneHchugh Duj Dalo'nIS. tera'Daq neH qach
chenmoHlu'. wagh. nuHmey nIvvaD Huchvetlh lo'lu' 'e' maS tlhInganpu'.
> = Just wondering, but how would I say "bridge" in the sense of a
> structure connecting two land masses separated by a river?
That could as well be a dam, a pipeline, a cable or even a matched pair of
microwave towers. You actually described it better in Klingon. You might
have tossed in something like {ghoSmeH puHDuj} to {cha' puH rar qach}, but
otherwise you did well.
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