tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Nov 27 23:02:06 2001
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RE: Klingon translation interest
- From: "Will Martin" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: Klingon translation interest
- Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2001 23:57:42 -0500
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- In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jiri Baum [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 6:17 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: Klingon translation interest
>
>
> Hmm, <<jaw ghoS 'e' jIH>> (I am the Way). But there's probably better ways
> of saying that.
As others have pointed out, this is gibberish. If you really wanted to say,
"I am the Way," then you should say, {He'a' jIH,} and a Klingon would
understand completely and appropriately walk right over top of you. With
spiked boots.
> > Do you mean how can Sentence as object be used when the second verb is a
> > verb of quality? They don't take objects, so you can't.
>
> Yeah, that's what I meant. Is there a standard idiom around that?
SuvwI' Hol DaghojnISchoH.
> Jiri
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