tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Jan 01 02:57:06 2000
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RE: KLBC: a Zen story
- From: "Andeen, Eric" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: KLBC: a Zen story
- Date: Sat, 1 Jan 2000 03:58:51 -0700
jatlh De'vID:
> I'm going to tell a story in Klingon as an exercise.
> I hope I'm getting ideas across in the proper, i.e. natural, way.
> SuSmo' joqtaH joqwI' 'e'
> lutu' ghojmoHwI' cha' ghojwI'Daj je.
> = A master and his two disciples
> observe a flag flapping in the wind.
maj. Do note that <tu'> is "observe" as in "observe, discover, notice"
rather than something like "watch" - <bej>, "examine" - <nuD>, or "study" -
<HaD>.
> jatlh ghojwI' wa'DIch: "vIHtaH joqwI'."
> = The first disciple says: "The flag is moving."
maj.
> jatlh ghojwI' cha'DIch: "ghobe'. vIHtaH SuS."
> = The second disciple says: "No. The wind is moving."
maj.
> jatlhchu' ghojmoHwI': "Sulughbe'. vIHtaH yabraj'e'."
> = The master says: "(Both of) you are wrong. It is
> your minds which are moving."
maj. You've captured the spirit and even the style of a Zen koan in Klingon
- a nice accomplishment.
pagh
Beginners' Grammarian