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Re: -Daq, subject, object

Dar'Qang ([email protected])

• From: Dar'Qang <[email protected]>
• Subject: Re: -Daq, subject, object
• Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 23:26:00 -0600
• In-reply-to: <[email protected]>
• References: <[email protected]>

At 07:05 AM 3/30/2004, QeS lagh wrote:

>You've stumbled onto the "elephant I shot in my pajamas" problem
>that has been dealt with in HolQeD (I don't recall which issue) by Dr
>Okrand, and also recently on the list when I tried to translate the Groucho
>Marx joke
>
>"Yesterday I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas I'll
>never know."
>
>into Klingon. It comes out something like
>
>{wa'Hu' nIvnavwIjDaq mIl'oD vIHoHta'. qatlh nIvnavwIj tuQ? jISovbe'.}

maj! tlhIngan Hol qID tlhaQ law' DIvI' Hol qID tlhaQ puS 'e' vIQub.

>If you're looking for a sentence yourself, maybe try {lojmIt veghDI'
>puqbe'wI' vIlegh}.

qatlho', 'ach mu'tlhegh vInejbe'.  chovnatlh neH 'oH.


Dar'Qang
bItaghbe'chugh bIrInbe'ba' 

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