tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Feb 09 23:51:45 2000
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Re: RE: Klingon Music
- From: "William H. Martin" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: RE: Klingon Music
- Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2000 02:56:54 -0500 (Eastern Standard Time)
- Priority: NORMAL
On Sat, 5 Feb 2000 15:30:19 -0500 (EST)
[email protected] wrote:
>
> jatlh De'vID:
> > <jav; wIyu'bogh mu' DIpoj>
>
> jang Qov:
> > Is that a headless relative or a misplaced object plus a prefix error?
>
> It's supposed to be "We analyze the words of the prisoner whom we
> interrogate." <jav wIyu'bogh> <mu'> <DIpoj>. I figured that <jav>
> was in the right place to be the head of the relative clause. Then
> I tacked on <mu'(mey)> in a noun-noun construct, but I dropped the
> <-mey> to keep the same number of syllables as the English. The
> <DI-> prefix on <poj> is supposed to indicate that I'm talking about
> <mu'mey>. This is probably totally wrong. Needs some work, like you say.
It looks to me like the problem is the semicolon. In other
words, it is a headless relative, since the semicolon
misplaced it, separating it from the relative clause.
Delete the semicolon and it becomes much easier to read.
> > DaparHa'chugh vaj yIlIS 'ej yItlhap. jIbomlaHbe'mo' jIH, not vIQatmoHlaH.
> > Qov 'utlh
>
> Do'Ha', tlhIngan Hol vIjatlhlaHchu'be'. vaj jIbomlaHbe'ba' je.
>
> Perhaps I will keep in mind when my Klingon is good enough to write
> a song, but I shall have to shelf that idea for now.
>
> --
> De'vID
>
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