tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Jul 31 18:18:45 2001
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RE: Questions
- From: "d'Armond Speers" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: Questions
- Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2001 00:17:48 +0200
While I won't critique the attempts below, I will offer some more *ahem*
Klingon versions (translation left as an exercise to the reader):
pe'vIl choDuQ
pay' pubchoH 'IwwIj
(hmm, maybe that's more like lust...)
qaleghDI' SIbI' 'oy'choH qIvonDu'wIj
(definitely going in the wrong direction here...)
--Holtej 'utlh
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> Falling in love in Klingon...
>
> Some time ago on the mailing list someone came up with 9
> different ways to
> say "I immediately fell in love, which struck me, so I copied
> them and kept
> them for a rainy day.
>
> qonwI' pong vIqawbe' 'e' jIpay, "archive" vInuD, 'ach
> vItu'qa'be'. toH,
> boqonchugh, jItlhIj.
>
> Here they are, with my literal translations
>
> SoHvaD lI' 'e' vItul
>
> WAYS OF SAYING "I IMMEDIATELY FELL IN LOVE".
>
> bangwI' vImojmoH vIneHchoH.
> I came to want that I become lover
>
> parmaqqaywI' vImojmoH vIneHchoH.
> I came to want that I became romantic partner
>
> vIngagh vIneHchoH.
> I came to want that I mate with - surely a euphemism - this
> is a family
> show - her/him
>
> ghaHvaD tuq'a' vIchenmoH vIneH.
> I want that I make a big family for her/him
>
> SIbI' vISuvchoH.
> I become fighting her immediately
>
> tIqwI' DuQchu' be'vam Quch.
> (Guys, look at that one again. I'm proud of it.)
> This woman's forehead stabs my heart profoundly
>
> be'vam vImonchoHmoH vIneH. Qu'vam potlh law' Hoch potlh puS.
> The most important thing is that I make this woman smile.
>
> vItlha' vIneHchu'.
> I want perfectly to chase/follow her/him
>
> vISawqangchoH.
> I have become willing to marry her/him
>