[87801] in tlhIngan-Hol
RE: Manic 8 Ball
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Mon Feb 8 12:05:02 2010
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "'tlhingan-hol@kli.org'" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 11:00:17 -0600
In-Reply-To: <4B6E4A69.9090701@trimboli.name>
Errors-to: tlhingan-hol-bounce@kli.org
Reply-to: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
naHQun:
>> I'm helping someone translate a Magic 8 Ball app into Klingon (So far
>> he has English, Spanish, and German. French and Elvish are in the
>> works).
>> This app contains the typical phrases you'd see plus a whole lot more.
>>
>> Obviously not all of the phrases will translate into Klingon easily,
>> like "as if".
>>
>> So I'm asking for answers to yes/no questions besides "yes" and "no".
>> Simple, complex, funny, whatever.
Here are some short possibilities (mainly adverbials):
chaq perhaps
ghaytan likely
ghaytanHa' unlikely - {ghaytanHa' jay'} Not bloody likely!
roD usually, customarily, habitually, regularly
DuH "it's possible"
qIt "it's possible"
reH always, forever
not never
Do' luckily, with luck
Do'Ha' it is unfortunate
paghlogh zero times
wa'logh once
... etc.
pIj often, frequently
pIjHa' seldom, infrequently
SIbI' immediately
tugh soon
wej not yet
--
Voragh
Canon Master of the Klingons
