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Re: [Klingon_Language] need help translating

Doq ([email protected])



vavoy, bIreH pagh bIHegh!

Doq

-----Original Message-----
>From: Alan Anderson <[email protected]>
>Sent: Dec 12, 2006 6:49 PM
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: Re: [Klingon_Language] need help translating
>
>On Dec 12, 2006, at 3:37 PM, Steven Boozer wrote:
>
>> Col. Krikor zantai-jechwI' wrote on the Yahoogroups  
>> Klingon_Language list:
>>> - translations of the following : "Will you play with me, Daddy?"
>>
>> The verb {reH} "play" is apparently not transitive.  Our only example:
>>
>>    reH puqpu'
>>    The children play. KGT
>>
>> The "with me" part is tricky.
>
>I don't think it's tricky at all.
>
>   vavoy, mareH'a'?
>   Daddy, will we play?
>
>>> I will also need some throwaways like "When will I face the pain
>>> sticks" (or whatever one would say before such a ritual)
>
>   ghorgh 'oy'naQ vISIQ?
>   When will I endure the painstiks?
>
>   ghorgh muqaD 'oy'naQ?
>   When will the painstiks challenge me?
>
>I think everything else Voragh said is right on target.
>
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