tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed May 09 14:31:51 2001
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RE: KLBC: cha'Dich
- From: "Stauffer, Tad E (staufte7)" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: KLBC: cha'Dich
- Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 17:31:34 -0400
> On Mon, 7 May 2001, David wrote:
>
> > Greetings fellow warriors! This is my first post, so please be
> > kind. :-)
> >
> > naDev jIchu. tlhIngan-Hol vIghoj vIneH.
> >
> > My intent was to say: "I am new here. I want to learn the
> > Klingon language."
>
yeygha' said:
> jumuv 'e' vIQuch. tlhIngan Hol ghojwI' chu' jIH je.
>
> I am glad you joined us. I also am a new student of Klingon.
>
{Quch} is defined as "be happy", so it describes a state/condition of
something and can only have a subject, not an object.
Instead, you can say "Because you joined us, I am happy."
> > Hopefully that's understandable. The word order frazzles me a
> > bit.
>
> maj. jIyaj.
>
maj.
> > I also wanted to say "I am sad because Voyager is
> > leaving.", but I admit to not understanding how the sentence
> > should be worded. This is what I came up with:
> >
> > 'Voyager'mo ghoSlI jI'IQ.
> > (Due to Voyager going away, I am sad)
>
> jI'IQ je, 'ach tugh "Series V" wIbejlaH. QaQ 'e' vIpIH.
>
> I am sad too, but soon we can watch Series V. I expect it to be good.
>
maj.
'a jI'IQbe' jIH. *Star Trek* vItIvbe'choH. vIbejbe'choH.
> > Corrections are welcome. Qapla!
>
> tugh DuQaH taD. yerDaj chaH pab lugh'e'.
>
> taD will help you soon. correct grammar is his domain.
>
Since "correct grammar" is an "it" and not a "them", you want to use the
pronoun {'oH} instead of {chaH} here.
> again, welcome to the tlhIngan-Hol list :)
>
>
- taD
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