tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Oct 12 11:41:07 2000
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RE: math questions / sums
De'vID:
> I'll make an attempt at putting what you want into Klingon
> (suggestions/corrections welcome):
>
> 'ay'meyvam tIchel: bItaghDI' wa' yIqel; bIrInmeH vagh yIqel;
> Hoch 'ay' DachenmoHmeH, toghwI'vaD wa' yIboqmoH.
>
> = Add up these sections: When you begin, consider 1. To finish,
> consider 5. To create each section, add 1 to n (n = the counter,
> {toghwI'}, for lack of a better way).
>
> [Also, {toghwI'vaD wa' yIboqmoH} seems to be problematic...
> how do I say, "Add 1 to n"?]
>
> And maybe {tagh wa'; rIn vagh} can replace the {bItaghDI' wa' yIqel;
> bIrInmeH vagh yIqel}, just like how we say "for i from 1 to 5"
> and not "starting at 1, let i be the successive values up to 5".
>
> jIloy neH. ghaytan pIm mIw. Of course this is all highly speculative.
Speculative, yes, but elegant and easily understood. (Well, by me, at
least.) majQa', De'vID.
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