tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Dec 10 14:00:11 2002
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Re: Christmas...
Saluton!
Hi, Nathan,
09.12.2002, 11:26, skribita estis jeno:
NG> Has anyone thought of/asked for/had any ideas of how to say something like
NG> 'Merry Christmas'
NG> I have a good reason BTW, I am playing santa this year, and am using my
NG> interest in languages to make it a bit more fun. I am trying to figger out
NG> how to say 'Merry Christmas' in a few different languages.. (I am working in
NG> Auckland NZ near Americas Cup place.)
NG> It would also be good to be able to say stuff like 'What do you want for
NG> Christmas?' Etc
NG> (If any of you want to help me w/ other languages, email me offlist...)
I can help you with the Esperanto and the Russian.
How people use to read and spell the Esperanto texts, you can read in
m16rules.zip. I only tell you here, the letter "j" is as "y" in
"yard", and "ch" is always like in "cheese".
As for the Russian, there are two kinds of sounds: the soft ones and
the hard ones (like q ans Q in "tlhIngan Hol"). So let 'i' is a soft
'i', and 'y' is a hard 'i'... Other sounds' transcription let be like
in the Esperanto.
So I can write for you such frazes:
[English] - Merry Christmas!
[Esperanto] - GAjan Krist-nAskon!
[something like: "guAyan creest-nAskon"]
[Russian] - VjesjOlogo rojhdestvA!
[something like: "vyesyOlogo rozhdestvA"]
- Happy New Year!
- FelIchan NOvan JAron! [Felichan NOvan YAron!]
- S NOvym GOdom, s nOvym schAstjem!
[s nOvi(er)m gOdom, s nOvi(er)m stshastyem]
- What do you want for Christmas?
- KIon vi vOlas je Krist-nAsko? [kee-on vee vOlas ye Krist-nAsko]
- Chto ty hOchesh na RojhdestvO?
[tshto tee(er) (k)ho-tshesh nah RozhdestvO]
Sorry, I am not verry good at transcripting... I hope you are of some
understanding about thiese things now? You may ask me more.
NG> I have had a bit of a think, but I got stuck on 'Merry'. :-)
May be "tIvmoH"?
NG> vIQleS
DImatlh
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