tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Apr 16 15:22:16 2006
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Re: QImmey
- From: "QeS 'utlh" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: QImmey
- Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2006 08:21:59 +1000
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jatlh ghunchu'wI':
>vaj? <ghIq> DajatlhHa'law'.
jangpu' naHQun, ja':
>vaj adv. then
>no?
>I do this and *then* I do that...
This is where Klingon is so much more accurate than English that it's not
funny. {{:) Klingon has no less than *three* words for "then": {vaj}, {ghIq}
and {ngugh}. Okrand explained these three words on alt.startrek.klingon in
late 1999. You can read the original message at this site:
http://klingonska.org/canon/1999-11-05.txt
{vaj} means "then" in the sense of "therefore" or in the sense of a logical
consequence: "if I eat this, then I will die".
{ghIq} means "then" in the sense of "subsequently": "I ate the eggs, then I
ate the bacon".
{ngugh} means "then" in the sense of "at that time". "They lived in the
Jurassic period. Dinosaurs were alive then."
DaH bIyaj'a'?
QeS 'utlh
tlhIngan Hol yejHaD pabpo' / Grammarian of the Klingon Language Institute
not nItoj Hemey ngo' juppu' ngo' je
(Old roads and old friends will never deceive you)
- Ubykh Hol vIttlhegh
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