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Re: targh wambogh tlhIngan

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (ghunchu'wI' 'utlh)
Wed Feb 2 20:36:18 2011

In-Reply-To: <6.2.5.6.2.20110202153857.052e6af8@flyingstart.ca>
Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2011 20:28:38 -0500
From: "ghunchu'wI' 'utlh" <qunchuy@alcaco.net>
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
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On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 6:41 PM, Robyn Stewart <robyn@flyingstart.ca> wrote:
> jIbDaj tIq ghermeH choljaH lo'

I've only seen {gher} used referring to things like information, often
in specific contrast with {qon}.

> vengHom juH juStaHvIS, vagh' loD legh.

typo: {vagh}

> chIch qoreQ luleghbe' loDpu'

{chIch leghbe'} is an odd phrase to my ears, but I won't say it's a bad one.

> ngem Ha'DIbaHmey ghoch qoreQ qupqu'taHvIS.

{Qupqu'taHvIS}

> qam 'ej largh.

{Qam}

> lam tun Sujlaw'pu' targh namwechDu'.

{luSujlaw'pu'}, unless you want to imply plural dirt.

> HuDHom ghIrpu' targh. HuDHomvetlh ghIr qoreQ.

(I never considered {ghIr} to be transitive. I can't explain why.)

> qamqu' QoreQ.

{Qamqu'}

> DeSDajDaq SoQchoH targh nuj

It might be clearer to say {QoreQ DeSDaq}.

> ngemvaD jatlh qoreQ, <i>DaHjaj targh vIHoHta'.</i>

maj. vaQ mu'meylIj. reH yabwIjDaq cha'chu'.

I am still impressed at how expressive Klingon can be when it is
wielded properly.

-- ghunchu'wI'




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