[85297] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: "matay'DI' jIHegh vIneH!"
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mark J. Reed)
Tue Feb 17 17:01:48 2009
In-Reply-To: <C305E6BD33E2654DAE1F8F403247B6A6916F568193@EVS02.ad.uchicago.edu>
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2009 17:00:39 -0500
From: "Mark J. Reed" <markjreed@gmail.com>
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
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On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 4:43 PM, Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu> wrote:
>>>On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 [Voragh] wrote:
>>> consider the very Klingon sentiment {matay'DI' jIHegh vIneH}
>>> ("I want to die when we're together").
>>
>>How is one to distinguish that from the somewhat less complimentary
>>"When we're together, I want to die."? :)
> "Well, if I have to explain it to you, you wouldn't understand." ;)
Would it help to replace {matay'DI'} with {matay'taHvIS}? And perhaps
{maHegh} instead of {jIHegh}...
--
Mark J. Reed <markjreed@gmail.com>
