[86056] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: {'Iv} and {law'}/{puS}
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Doq)
Sat Jun 27 16:33:01 2009
From: Doq <doq@embarqmail.com>
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
In-Reply-To: <f60fe000906271214i61755a79wb6fa72655e724d75@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2009 16:31:11 -0400
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Feeling pithy and concise, I'm tempted to offer another approach:
qoHvam tlha' qoHvetlh. qoH'na' 'Iv?
Of course, the answer might be:
cha' qoH bejmeH poH natlhbogh qoH ghaH qoH'na''e'.
Doq
On Jun 27, 2009, at 3:14 PM, Mark J. Reed wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 2:58 PM, ghunchu'wI' <qunchuy@alcaco.net>
> wrote:
>> On Jun 26, 2009, at 7:32 PM, Mark J. Reed wrote:
>>
>>> Spun off Mr. Everson's North Wind and Sun translation thread, does
>>> this work for a certain zippy retort from that Other space opera?
>>>
>>> 'Iv Dogh law' 'Iv Dogh puS: qoH ghap qoHvam tlha'bogh qoH'e' ?
>>
>> I can't make much sense out of it. I don't recognize the phrase, and
>> I don't even know which "other space opera" you might mean.
>
>
> Klingon is from Star Trek. The other one would be Star Wars.
> Thought that
> was pretty obvious.
>
> My included recasting should have clarified the meaning, I thought:
> {Dev
> qoH. tlha' latlh. Doghqu' 'Iv?}
>
> I did misplace the {ghap} in the first sentence. pagh goes between,
> ghap
> goes at the end.
>
> The quote, incidentally: "Who's the more foolish - the fool, or the
> fool who
> follows him?" - Kenobi to Solo, Episode IV
>
>>
>>> And if not, how can one ask such "Who is more X?" type questions?
>>
>> I think my earlier suggestion of {'Iv X law' latlh X puS} works.
>
>
> Noticed that in the other thread after I sent this. "Who is more X
> than
> another?" . Works pretty well. qatlho'.
>
> --
> Mark J. Reed <markjreed@gmail.com>
>
>
>
