tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Jan 18 18:13:15 2000
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RE: KLBC: First Contact [Part 1]
- From: "Andeen, Eric" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: KLBC: First Contact [Part 1]
- Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2000 19:14:48 -0700
jatlh De'vID:
> Enough translating stories. I'm going to try to compose my own.
majQa'
> Here goes... (The background will become clear in later parts,
> I hope, but I play the role of a <Duy'a'> "ambassador" in a
> Klingon first contact situation.)
> tlhIngan yejquvvaD QIn potlhqu' lablI'...
> = Transmitting high priority message to Klingon High Council...
maj. lab 'Iv? yajlu' 'e' vIpIH, 'ach ngoDvam vI'ol vIneH.
> qIbHeS ngIvtaHvIS Dujmaj, ghom maH nov Segh Hujqu' jumqu' je.
> = While our ship was patrolling the galactic rim, we encountered
> a very odd and very strange alien race.
You can't put two different "adjectives" on a single noun. The limit is one.
So you would have to say something like:
Hujqu'bogh nov Segh jumqu' -OR-
Hujqu'bogh nov Segh 'ej jumqu'bogh
Your prefix on <ghom> is incorrect. The subject is <maH> and the aliens,
which all together is still first person plural, so the prefix has to be
<ma->. Also, <ghom> is defined as "encounter" among other things, and I
believe it can be used transitively, so you can say <nov Segh wIghom>
instead of <maghom maH nov Segh je>.
> toQDuj rur Dujchaj, 'ach yoylaw'.
> = Their ship resembled a Bird of Prey,
> but was apparently upside down.
> [Ships always meet each other head on in Star Trek. jIqID.]
reH mumISmoH wanI'vam. loghDaq wej lurghna' tu'be'lu''a'? qatlh cha' neH
lo'taH Hov leng?
OK, <lurghna'> is probably not specific enough, but I'm feeling lazy.
> maghomDI' tlhInganpu' chaHlaw' 'e' wItu'.
> = When we encountered them we at first
> thought they were Klingons.
maj.
> DIrI' 'ej maHvaD jang, jatlh: **"Henqun? Ham nangItlh!"
> = We hailed them, and they answered us: **"(untranslated)"
maj.
> (latlh QIn vIchuHtaHvIS, lut vIja'qa'.)
> = (To be continued.)
yItaHbej.
pagh
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