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Re: Klingon WOTD: rIHwI' (n)



On Thu, 20 Jan 2000 21:59:29 -0500 (EST) 
[email protected] wrote:
> 
> >>Klingon word:   rIHwI'
> >>Part of Speech: noun
> >>Definition:     energizer
> >
> >>jatlh qenobIywan:
> >> "rIHwI' Ha'DIbaH -- ghoStaH... 'ej ghoStaH... 'ej ghoStaH..."
> 
> "pagh nI' law', rIHwI' yIn poH nI' puS"
> Nothing lasts longer than Energizer.
> (Well, okay, maybe I'm abusing the law'/puS construct a little.)

Well, if you wanted to say THAT, convention would be:

rIHwI' yIn poH nI' law' Hoch nI' puS.

As you said it, I could only interpret that you were 
talking about our Beginner's Grammarian. {{:)>
 
> >jatlh Voragh:
> >For the general {Ha'DIbaH}, try {Qa'Hom}. (Cf. KCD.)  
> 
> "titmouse" rurlaw' <Qa'Hom>.  'ach chal Ha'DIbaH 'oH "titmouse"'e',
> qar'a'?  jImIS.  (The picture shown in KCD is that of a mouse,
> but a titmouse isn't a mouse, it's a bird, isn't it?  Unless 
> there's also a kind of mouse called a titmouse.)

jISaHbe'. not tera'Daq Qa'Hom vItu'. nuq rur? jISaHbe'bej.
 
> <Qa'> 'oH nuq'e'?  ghaytan <Qa'> rur <Qa'Hom>.

'ach Qa'Hom ram law' Qa' ram puS.
 
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