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RE: pabmey nap pagh napHa'



Voragh recollected:

>Stephan suggests:
>>  > fuck off
>>
>>  could you translate this so: "naDevvo' yinga'chuq"?
>
>rItlhmoQSuvwI' responded:
>>Wouldn't that be better translated as:  yInga'chuq'egh
>
>You can't have two Class 1 suffixes on one verb.  Fortunately we 
>have what seems to be a variant of {nga'chuq} "sex (i.e. perform 
>sex, always subject)" listed in the KGT glossary: {ngagh} "mate 
>with".  And yes, it's transitive.  We have a similar suggestion 
>heard on the "Power Klingon" tape:
>
>   targhlIj yIngagh;  yIruch!
>   Go mate with your targ!  [punctuation uncertain]
>
>Presumably, you and your lover {nga'chuq} together, but you {ngagh} 
>someone - or something - else.
>
>And so, what Stephan wants to suggest to our rude poster should be:
>
>   yIngagh'egh; yIruch!

i think this works better. and "naDevvo'"? what you said is just 
"fuck (yoursself)", but where is the ablative aspect of "off"?

p.s.: my e-mail-program gave me the warning not to send this message. it says:
"your message is the sort of thing that might get your keyboard 
washed out with soap, if you get my drift."

Dachergh 'e' vItul. (i hope you tolerate it.)

bye,
stephan,
sts.


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