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Re: Dilbert Comic in Klingon for August 27, 2007

pm5 ([email protected])



On 9/13/07, Steven Boozer <[email protected]> wrote:
> At 06:08 PM Tuesday 9/11/2007, po'mIn wrote:
> >     Dogbert: "That's the entrance to the executive suite."
> >     Doqbot:  {pa'Daq mIwwI' pa'mey 'ellu'.}
>
> I don't understand this sentence at all.  *{mIwwI'}??  {mIw} is "procedure,
> a process" (n.)

I intended to use {vu'wI' pa'may}, "manager's room".  Somehow I mixed
up the two words.

> If you're talking about a separate entry hall or foyer, how about *{'elmeH
> pa'}?   Or instead of fussing about with {'el} "enter, go in" why not just
> use {lojmIt} "door"?

Then I would use *{'elmeH vaS}.

    vu'wI'mey pa' 'elmeH vaS 'oH.
    It is the hall to enter the room of managers.


po'mIn





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