[85298] in tlhIngan-Hol
RE: "matay'DI' jIHegh vIneH!"
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (DloraH)
Tue Feb 17 18:13:30 2009
From: "DloraH" <seruq@bellsouth.net>
To: <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2009 17:06:35 -0600
In-Reply-To: <f60fe000902171400j4fe7b217o774925f9e4088790@mail.gmail.com>
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Reply-to: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
> >>> 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}...
I would have swapped it around.
jIHeghDI' matay' vIneH.
DloraH
