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KLBC: Do Qe'Daq
- From: Ulrich Schreitmueller <[email protected]>
- Subject: KLBC: Do Qe'Daq
- Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2001 01:57:22 +0200
- Organization: No organization. Bad sign.
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Hi,
this is a little dialogue a friend and I worked out for a "Klingon for beginners" project
we're currently doing at university. The story, in brief, is this: A terran tourist
visits a Klingon fast food restaurant and strikes up a conversation with a Klingon who is
eating there. Later on, a child is seen standing in a corner and drinking from a cup.
Could you please tell us whether the following sentences are correct?
Thanks,
Uli & Afra
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01 Tourist: nuqneH. (Hello.)
02 Klingon: nuqneH. (What do you want?)
03 Tourist: nuq bIvangtaH? (What are you doing?)
04 Klingon: jISoptaH. (I am eating.)
05 Tourist: nuq bISop? (What are you eating?)
06 Klingon: qagh vISop. (I'm eating gagh.)
07 Tourist: nuq 'oH <<qagh>> 'e'? (What is <<gagh>>?)
08 Klingon: tlhIngan nay' 'oH qagh'e'. yIlegh. (Gagh is a Klingon dish. Look.)
09 Tourist: vIH! (It moves!)
10 Klingon: HIja'. gharghmey' qargh 'e'. yIn. (Yes. Gagh is serpent worms. They live.)
11 Tourist: chop'a'? (Do they bite?)
12 Klingon: ghobe'. Ho'Du' ghajbe' gharghmey. (No. Serpent worms have no teeth.)
13 Tourist: jIyaj. (I understand.)
14 Klingon: qagh lubang tlhInganpu'. (Klingons love gagh.)
15 Tourist: nuq puq vangtaH? (What is the child doing?)
16 Klingon: 'awje' tlhutlh puq. (The child is drinking root beer.)
17 Tourist: 'awje'? tera'ngan Soj 'awje' 'e'! (Root beer? Root beer is a terran drink!)
18 Klingon: HIja. tera'ngan Sojmey luparHa' tlhIngan puqpu'. (Yes. Klingon children like
terran drinks.)
19 Tourist: DaH mejnIS. Qapla'. (I have to go now. Success.)
20 Klingon: Qapla'. (Success.)
21 Child: taQ chaH tera'nganpu' 'e'. (Terrans are weird.)
22 Klingon: yItam. (Be quiet.)