tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Oct 18 13:26:12 2000
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RE: KLBC: Yearbook
- From: "Stauffer, Tad E (staufte7)" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: KLBC: Yearbook
- Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 16:24:34 -0400
jatlh TeCHNo MoNKEY:
> I am trying to put some tlhIngan Hol in my yearbook under my picture,
> however, due to legal reasons, my school wants to know what it says.
> Therefore, I would greatly appreciate it if someone could email
> [email protected] saying that the following is what I say it is (or tell
> me how it is wrong so I can fix it).
>
If I or someone else were to email the school, what name should we use to
refer to you? (TeCHNo MoNKEY, or do you have another preference?)
Back when I graduated from high school, I didn't need anyone's approval to
have something in Klingon printed under my yearbook picture. Boy, times have
changed in 4 years, haven't they? :-P
> qatlho'
> TeCHNo MoNKEY
>
> tlhIngan Hol:
> Do' SuyIntaH ej maQumchuqtaH vIneH.
>
Don't forget to put the {'} at the beginning of {'ej}. Also, {Qum} is
defined as "communicate", and not as "communicate with". So {maQumchuqtaH}
would be something like "We communicate each other". It should be ok if you
were to use {maQumtaH} ("We communicate").
> Satlho'law'be' 'ach Satlho'qang.
>
maj.
> Suquv'eghmoHtaHjaj.
>
In TKD, on page 176, it says that a type-7 verb suffix is never used with
the verb suffix {-jaj}. So according to TKD, you should not use {-taH} here,
and should say {Suquv'eghmoHjaj} ("May you (all) honor yourselves").
*However*, in KGT, on page 25-26, there's an example that disregards this
rule:
{wo' DevtaHjaj ghawran} "May Gowron continue to lead the empire"
So, if you do decide to say {Suquv'eghmoHtaHjaj}, then just be aware that
you are following an example from KGT, but breaking the rule from TKD.
> English (approximate):
> I hope that you all live with luck and that we continue to communicate
> with each other. I do not apparently thank you (all) but I am willing to
> (thank you (all)). May you (all) honour yourselves (continuously).
>
>
>
- taD