tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Feb 14 17:26:09 2000
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RE: KLBC <chyrano berjeraq>
- From: Qov <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: KLBC <chyrano berjeraq>
- Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2000 17:24:58 -0800
lab pagh:
> jatlh J:
>
> > moHbe' ghaH 'ach Quch Hab ghaj.
>
> In English, it's natural to say "he has a smooth forehead", but in Klingon,
> the natural way is "his forhead is smooth". The most famous curse in Klingon
> mu'qaD veS is <Hab SoSlI' Quch>, which Okrand translated into English as
> "Your mother has a smooth forehead".
>
> > por chIS ghaj mIvDaj.
>
> maj.
Similarly to the /Quch Hab/, I balked at this one. If the white leaf is a
picture, then I would write /mIvDaq por chIS cha'lu'/. If an actual leaf,
then /mIvDaq por chIS tu'lu'/, or /lanlu'ta'/. The /ghaj/ made me think of
the helmet's HAVING of the leaf, and wondering about that, rather than the
leaf was there.
Qov 'utlh