tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Feb 12 03:19:57 2002
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Re: KLBC: SajmeywIj
jatlh DloraH:
>Your english says "think" [Qub], but
>your klingon says "know" [Sov].
va! {Qub} vIneH. mu'tay' Qaghvam rap vIghItlhtaH. cha' mu'meyvam vIqawmeH,
jIHwIjDaq ghItlhHom Hum vIlan.
I keep making this same vocabulary error. I'm going to stick a post-it to my
monitor reminding me which word is which. :P
>> 'ach reH vIghro' yach ghaH neH
>> But they always want to pet the cat,
>
>Your english says "they" [chaH], but
>your klingon says "he/she" [ghaH].
naDev Huj DIvI' Hol'e'. bong "they" vIlo'.
It's my English that's weird here. Without thinking, I used the colloquial
"they" for the hypothetical visitor, who is one person, but whose gender is
not important to the sentence.
-Sengval