tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Feb 23 08:56:50 2000
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RE: lengwI' vIyaj vIneH
- From: Burt Clawson <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: lengwI' vIyaj vIneH
- Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 09:21:06 -0700
ja' Qov:
> > wot chenmoHmeH tu'lu' wa'netlh'uy' vaghSaD'uy' vaghvatlh'uy'
> > SochmaH'uy' wej'uy' wa'bIp Sochnetlh wejSaD javvatlh wa'maH jav patmey
> pIm
> > 'e' vInoH!
>
> Have another look at the word order there. Think OVS.
>
HIvqa' veqlargh! Qu'vatlh ghuy'cha' va baQa' je jay'!
wot <tu'lu'> vIlo'DI' roD Qaghvatlh rapqu' vIHeS!
Qov, chaq 'oy'naQoylIj DaSuqnISqa'neS. vIbIjnISlu'bej.
> > 15,573,173,616.
>
> Daj. I'd never seen anyone write a number that large in Klingon, and at
> first I thought there was something wrong. Now I really like it. Easier
> to parse than English numbers. (cha'ben, DIvI' Hol mI'mey mu'mey pojmeH
> De'wI' vIghun 'ej ghommey polmeH loSnIS De'wI'. tlhIngan Hol mI'mey
> yajmeH, SIbI' yajlu'. Daj).
>
"Two years ago, I programmed a computer to analyze English words for
numbers and the computer had to wait for the groups to be saved.
Interpreting Klingon numbers is immediately understood. Interesting."
qar'a'?
- tuv'el