tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Jan 07 07:26:22 2000
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Re: I need your help!/ KLBC
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- Subject: Re: I need your help!/ KLBC
- Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2000 10:25:45 -0500 (EST)
Pillow wrote:
> > 'ej jIQoch jIH. langbej Qov 'ej pIvbej, 'ej letlaw' porghDaj
> > (vIpojchu'pu'be', 'ej ghaytan not vIpojchu'), 'ach tlhIngan jechDaj tuQDI'
> > ngechna' 'angbej Qov.
>
> HotchuqlaHbe'chugh ngech DopDu' Qatlhqu' ngech bey'. jISovchu'. HIvoq.
>
> wa'maH Soch ben *vIxIS porgh rur porghwIj. ('ach ngech Hutlh)
> pIl'o'
KLBC: Does <wa'maH Soch ben> mean "17 years ago" or "17 years old"?
(I'm still learning the ways to express time in Klingon.)
> > > yIvbeH chenmoHlaHbej jonwI' pIn.
> > jonwI' pIn ??!? jIyajbe'.
> engineering expert
> tlham ngaStaHghach 'uchmeH pat je' yIqel.
> *Elvira jech yIqel. ngech vaH le' yIqel
> if <jon> is capture and <jonwI'> is engineer, is it possible to express
> "engineering"? (meaning the concept, rather than the continuing activity)
<jonwI' Qu'>, qar'a'? chaq <jonwI' QeD> Dalo'laH.
Would <jonwI' Qu'> be closer to "engineering" and <jonwI' QeD> be
"engineering science" (a subtle difference)?
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