tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Oct 12 17:49:06 2000
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RE: math questions / sums
At 02:41 PM 10/12/00 -0400, you wrote:
>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"?]
I think what is missing, is the defintion of a variable, "toghwI'" works.
wej lo'laHghach chuH 'e' 'op mI' buvlaH,
vebbogh 'ay' 'oSlaHbej toghwI'
>>
>> 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.
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>Speculative, yes, but elegant and easily understood. (Well, by me, at
>least.) majQa', De'vID.
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>quljIb
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