tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Feb 03 09:29:31 2001
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KLBC: pronoun prefex mnemonics
- From: "Sian and Roger" <[email protected]>
- Subject: KLBC: pronoun prefex mnemonics
- Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2001 17:30:13 -0000
I've tried learning the list in TKD, I've made my own,
I've drawn pictures, I visit Holtej's chart - nothing
sticks the less used ones in my mind.
I'm trying a new tack - mnemonics of the prefixes in
short phrases which I can visualise.
I amn't certain that they are grammatically correct,
apart from {ghobchuq loDnI' .} and {yIn nI' SIQ ...}.
Still I offer them for what they are worth - any
corrections gratefully received.
I have tried to make the phrases possible to visualise
(though you have to be sure of retaining the correct
point of view), and to make use of puns as much as
possible. The English translations use a deliberately
odd syntax, to retain the pronoun.
jIjIr I rotate
(it helps to be in a swivel
chair, I find)
petaQ, qaqaD I challenge you,
scum
HoD vIvoqbe' I don't trust him,
the captain
suvwI'wI' SaSaH I care for you,
my warriors
(I have a feeling these two
sentences go together)
'oqQarmey vIvut I cook them,
tubers
(I think Klingons would find
chips (French Fries) one of the more acceptable Terran
dishes,
provided they were sufficiently
greasy and done in lard, not oil)
bIQDaq bIbIr you are cold in
the water
chab DaqengtaHvIS chochol you approach me with
a pie
Da' DaDa you act like a
corporal
jujuS jay' you're *!>%ing
overtaking us
(on the veng wa'DIch freeway -
I am in one car full of young Klingons when another one
overtakes us)
ghoqwI'pu' DaDaq you eavesdrop on them,
the spies
QongDaqDaq Qong he sleeps in a
bed
bu' mumuS he hates me, the
sergeant
DuDuQmeH Daqtagh lo' he will stab you with a
Daktagh
buy'bogh pa'Daq legh he sees her across a
crowded room
nunughI' bu' he twists his knuckles
into our heads, the Sergeant
ghawranDaq lIlIH he will introduce you to
Gowron
loS SaD Hughmey SIj he cut four thousand
throats
mamaw' we are mad
pIpIH, vaj pIqop we suspect you so we
arrest you
'Iw HIq wIwIv we choose it, the
blood wine
negh, RomuluSDaq rengeH soldiers, we send you to
Romulus
tlhoy pu'mey DIDIl we paid too much for
the phasers
SuSuD vaj SumIpbe' you gamble so you are
poor
tunej 'ej tutu' look for me and
you will all find me
QujwI' bobot you all blocked him,
the player
(this refers to rugby: it and
(American) football might be a bit tame to Klingons,
but I think they
would feel the games were on
the right lines)
veS rInDI' chechegh you will all return to
us when the war is over
ropbogh nuvpu' boboQ you all helped them, the
sick people
qachvo' Sup qama'pu' they jump from the
building, the prisoners
mumuH they will execute me
nepmey nInIS they hinder you, the
lies
lurSa luluH they make her
confess, Lursa
verenganpu' nunuQ they annoy us, the
Ferengi
De' Dajqu' lIlI' they transmitted
data to you, fascinating information
ghobchuq loDnI'pu' the brothers fight one
another
yIn nI' yISIQ 'ej yIchep live long and
prosper!
pepegh keep the secret
(all of you)!
HIHIv attack me!
to'waQ yIyIv chew the ligament!
tlhaq'a'Daq ghoghom meet us at the clock!
pu'DaH titI' fix them, the
phaser banks!
naQSej