[447] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: Savan
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Mon Jan 11 15:37:11 1993
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From: mark@cad.gatech.edu (Mark Reed)
To: "Klingon Language List" <tlhIngan-Hol@village.boston.ma.us>
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 14:44:56 -0500 (EST)
In-Reply-To: <9301081514.AA26373@startide.ctr.columbia.edu> from "shoulson@ctr.
This is a response to ~mark's message. Just so he knows what I think he said,
and so I can get feedback on my ability to interpret it, I have included my
attempt at an English translation. Those who wish to translate it yourself
as an exercise should probably not read this yet...
\Subject: Savan
\ I salute you
\
\nuqneH, Hoch.
\Greetings, all
\
\QaptaHmo' ghomvam jIQuchqu'! tlhIngan Hol vIjatlh vIneHtaH, 'ach
\I am very pleased to see that this group continues to succeed! I want to
\
\jatlhwI'pu' vISam 'e' Qatlh.
\keep speaking Klingon, but it's hard to find speakers.
DavItpu'qu'! ghojwI'pu' je'. tlhIngan Hol vIghojmoH vIneH, 'ach ghojwI'pu'
vISamlaHbe'. toH, wa' vIghaj... chaq yap Dochvetlh.
\tlhIngan HolDaq maja'chuqjaj. Doch wIja'bogh wIghajnISba'.
\May we discuss in Klingon. We obviously need to have that which we tell. (?)
qayajchugh... tlhIngan HolDaq maja'chuqnISqu'ba'. vaj maja'chuqbe'chugh,
chay' maqeqtaH? 'ej maqeqtaHbe'chugh, chay' maghojtaH?
\maghIQDI' Doch
\wIta'pu'bogh wIja' 'e' 'oH tera'ngan tIgh'e'. (tuyaj 'e' vItul. Dochmey
\It is a Terran custom to tell what we did during vacation. (I hope that you
\
\vIjatlh vIneHbogh vIjatlhmeH pabvaD Dochmey qab vIta'nIS...)
\understand me. In order to say the things I want to say, I have to do bad
\
\qech QaQ 'oH'a' Dochvetlh? vay' qech QaQ law'a' Dochvetlh QaQ puS'a'?
\things to the grammar...) Is that a good idea? Does anyone have a better
\idea [lit. is some idea better than that one]?
qech qab 'oHbe'. :-) Do'Ha', DaH ghojwI' jIHbe'mo', jIghIQpu'be', 'ej
pagh vIghItlhbogh vIghaj. chaq vay' vISam.
\jIghitlhchu'be'mo' jItlhIj. tlhIngan Hol vIghItlh vIneHqu'...
\I apologize(?) for not writing perfectly. I very much want to write
\in Klingon...
bItlhIjnISbe'. not pup pagh, 'ej naDev maghojtaH Hoch.
-marq
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Mark J. Reed
<mark@cad.gatech.edu> Georgia Institute of Technology
