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Re: KLBC: tlhIngan qeq

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Terrence Donnelly)
Wed Feb 3 10:07:15 2010

Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2010 07:04:21 -0800 (PST)
From: Terrence Donnelly <terrence.donnelly@sbcglobal.net>
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
Errors-to: tlhingan-hol-bounce@kli.org
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(It's unclear to me if quvar was intending to suggest corrections or let these stand on their own.  As the last BG, I'll take the liberty of responding. If I have overstepped my bounds, please excuse me and let me know.)

--- On Tue, 2/2/10, kff@sics.se <kff@sics.se> wrote:

> QInlIj vIHev 'e' vIquv!
> (I am honored to receive your message)
> 

Since {quv} 'be honored' doesn't take objects, this should be 

QInlIj vIHevmo' jIquv

(note the "no object" verb prefix on {quv})

[pe'...] Mostly good, but watch the capitalization of 'I'

> 
> 'oHmey DaghItlhpu'bogh 'oHmey vIghItlhbogh ghap?
> (Those you wrote or those I write?)
> 

The "plural" of {'oH} is {bIH}, but stylistically, I'd probably just repeat {mu'tlhegh}, since we know Klingons don't mind repetition.

> 
>     /buSwI'

maj. batlh DaghItlh.

-- ter'eS




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