[1268] in tlhIngan-Hol
puqpu' QIch
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Tue Jul 13 21:00:08 1993
Reply-To: "Klingon Language List" <tlhIngan-Hol@village.boston.ma.us>
From: (Mark E. Shoulson) <shoulson@ctr.columbia.edu>
To: "Klingon Language List" <tlhIngan-Hol@village.boston.ma.us>
Date: Tue, 13 Jul 93 10:14:12 -0400
In-Reply-To: (Mark E. Shoulson)'s message of Mon, 12 Jul 93 17:38:49 -0400 <930
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>From: (Mark E. Shoulson) <shoulson@ctr.columbia.edu>
>Date: Mon, 12 Jul 93 17:38:49 -0400
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A criticism on this that someone should make at some point:
>wej jejwI' ghaj mIvwIj.
>mIvwIj jejwI' bIH wej. [OK, should be wej'e', but it spoils the meter]
"My helmet's points are three" is a very English-based idiom.
Pronoun-verbs are copulas, indicating identity, not quality. Perhaps I
should emend this line to
mIvwIj jejwI' mI' 'oH wej
"My helmet's points' number is three". Still singable, just speed up a
little for "jejwI' mI'".
~mark
(yes, I'm critiquing my own work, in case you didn't catch it)
