tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Jun 17 12:56:46 2002
[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next]
Re: How to translate "I don't know whether <something> or not"
- From: DOOM_er <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: How to translate "I don't know whether <something> or not"
- Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2002 20:01:42 +0200
- In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>
At 17:41 17-6-02 +0000, you wrote:
>The weirdest and probably most correct way to say this according to exactly
>one example from Okrand is:
>
>DaHjaj majatlhlaH 'e' vISIv.
Hm, {SIv}, I wasn't aware of that one. Damn, it's really time I compiled my
own wordlist, so I'll know what words are out there. :-)
>Much is accomplished in Klingon with pairings of short, associated sentences.
>It's very characteristic of the common style of speech in the language.
Indeed... when I just started learning this language I always wanted to
translate one English sentence with one long Klingon sentence, but I
quickly learned that recasting into multiple sentences is really much
better. :-)
Well, thanks for your assistance, anyways!
DOOM_er