tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Feb 18 06:38:06 2009
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RE: "matay'DI' jIHegh vIneH!"
- From: Steven Boozer <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: "matay'DI' jIHegh vIneH!"
- Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 08:35:39 -0600
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- Thread-topic: "matay'DI' jIHegh vIneH!"
Voragh:
>>> consider the very Klingon sentiment {matay'DI' jIHegh vIneH}
>>> ("I want to die when we're together").
Mark J. Reed:
>>How is one to distinguish that from the somewhat less complimentary
>>"When we're together, I want to die."? :)
>>
>>Would it help to replace {matay'DI'} with {matay'taHvIS}? And perhaps
>>{maHegh} instead of {jIHegh}...
DloraH:
> I would have swapped it around.
> jIHeghDI' matay' vIneH.
Mark J. Reed:
>>maj. nIvba' mu'tlheghvam.
Hmm... different takes on the original sentiment:
"I want to die with you." (source text)
matay'DI' jIHegh vIneH
when we're together, I want to die
jIHeghDI' matay' vIneH.
when I die, I want us to be together
matay'DI' maHegh vIneH
when we're together, I want us to die
maHeghDI' matay' vIneH.
when we die, I want us to be together
FYI: canon WRT {matay'DI'}:
matay'DI' vIHtaHbogh bIQ rur mu'qaDmey
Between us, curses run like water. PK
wa' Dol nIvDaq matay'DI' maQap
We succeed together in a greater whole. TKW
--
Voragh
Canon Master of the Klingons