[89211] in tlhIngan-Hol
RE: nuq bop bom: 'ay' Hut
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robyn Stewart)
Mon Aug 29 08:40:24 2011
Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2011 05:29:41 -0700
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
From: Robyn Stewart <robyn@flyingstart.ca>
In-Reply-To: <SNT106-DS92C512D05DE15B1D52E99A1140@phx.gbl>
Errors-to: tlhingan-hol-bounce@kli.org
Reply-to: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
The idea was for prisoner control. That was around chapter one or
two. No one complained, so either I didn't explain it clearly enough
or they let me get away with it.
At 05:15 29/08/2011, you wrote:
>Stun? vIHonqu'. Klingon commanders seem to have no problem killing
>insubordinates, and so I doubt they would waste their time stunning
>anyone. This also means they probably don't have brigs either. But
>it's your story of course...could be interesting. I'd assume the
>force it would take to stun a Klingon would kill a Terran....
>
>yItaH 'ej yIcheptaH
>
>HurDagh chu'wI'
>
>-----Original Message-----
>Date: Monday, August 29, 2011 6:24:27 am
>To: tlhIngan-Hol@kli.org
>From: Robyn Stewart <robyn@flyingstart.ca>
>Subject: nuq bop bom: 'ay' Hut
>
>taHlI' lut. I trust you don't have any trouble with Mahoun's name
>being Mahoun in some contexts and maHun when spoken in Klingon, or in
>understanding how, when and from where they recognize each other.
>It's quite fun setting up a scene and a back story and then kicking
>one domino to see where it all goes. I try to set it up so the
>dominoes will fall a particular way, but I'm more interested in being
>true to my characters, even though I'm not sure I am, so when I can't
>make the story go where I meant it to, I follow where it goes, instead.
>
>I know I have done terrible things with the Trek universe, warp
>factors, and ship layouts. I`m just discovering this as I do some
>research for the chapter I`m on now. I thank those of you who knew
>better all along for forgiving me. I'm going to work on being more
>realistic with this after this story is done. The problem with
>serializing something is that you can't go back and fix parts already
>published! Klingon weapons don't have stun, do they, for example?
>Maybe guards do.
>====
>
>9
>
>nov DeSDu' legh vajar ghIq chIch nov qab'e' neH bej. "maHun HoD"
>jatlh vajar. "bIbomlaH'a'?" bejchuq tlhIngan beq mIS 'e' leghlaH
>vajar. 'ej mIS je nov beq. jottaH nov HoD.
>
>"HIja'. jIbom 'e' vItIv."
>
>"maj" jatlh vajar. "bommey vIboS. SoHvo' bom vIje'. jIHvaD yIbom 'ej
>vIqon. ghIq jIHvaD tlhIngan Duy yIrI', QuvwIj yInob, vaj bom QoymeH
>muSuchlaH jupwI'."
>
>HoDDaj maw' HIvruplaw' ghutar. ghaHDaq pu'HIch QeqtaH 'ungya
>ja'chuqtaHvIS HoDpu'. jatlh nov HoD, "Qu' DaDelbogh wIta'qang."
>Domey, yuQmey Quvmey je qelchoH chaH. tlhongtaHvIS cha' HoDpu' bej
>beqmeychaj, yay'taHvIS.
>
>tagha' jatlh nov HoD, "jIbomrupDI' qarI'qa'," 'ej rI'Se' luSoQ.
>
>nov cha'be'choHDI' HaSta, QamchoH 'ej jachchoH Hung yaS. "baQa'!
>Dujvam vIHubmeH jIHeghqang 'ej nuq ta'lI' HoDqoqma' jay'? Dotlhmaj ..."
>
>Hung yaS SIq HoD. "bIjatlh 'e' Damevbe'chugh Dubach 'ungya, 'ej
>jImorghbe'." ghutar Qeq 'e' mevbe'pu' 'ungya. nuj SoQmoH ghutar 'ej ba'qa'.
>
>rI'qa' nov HoD. "HaStaDaq," jatlh HoD.
>
>"bom DaparHa'bogh vIwIvpu'," jatlh nov HoD. "juHqo'wIj ghe'naQ bom
>'oH. SoHvaD lut vIDel. ngemDaq Sub ghImlu'. ghaH HIvmo' ngem Ha'DIbaH
>qu' pujqu'choH. HeghtaHvIS, bomvam bom." ghIq bomchoH nov.
>
>bomvetlh qaw vajar HoD. bomvetlh bom nov, bIghHa'Daq weghlu'taHvIS.
>ngugh vajar DuQqu' 'ej loD pIv ghogh QaQ law' qama' rIQ ghogh puS.
>Daq vajar meH teb bom. ba'mo' vajar Quch. QamtaHchugh, ghaytan tormoH
>bom HoS. bom mu' mughbe' De'wI'. wab Dun choHbe'. nov ghogh QoQ neH
>luQoylaH. morgh 'e' mev ghutar. HoDchaj ghoghmo' Hemlaw nov beq.
>
>rIn bom. tamtaH 'IjwI'pu'.
>
>QIjqa' nov HoD, "bomtaHvIS Sub chol ngem vIghro''a'. ghaH Sop 'e' pIH
>'ach ghaHvaD Soj nob vIghro''a' 'ej porgh rIQ luroS. pIvchoH 'ej
>juHDajDaq chegh. qaStaHvIS bertlham, SawtaHvIS Sub, vaSDaq pum
>vIghro''a'. Haw' Hoch 'a vIghro''a' tlhabmoH Sub."
>
>"ghIq qaS nuq?" tlhob vajar.
>
>"bertlham 'oH" jatlh nov. "rIn ghe'naQ."
>
>====
>Gad I love Klingon. I can lay on the symbolism with a giant trowel
>and not be ashamed of what I'm doing.
>
>wa'leS lut 'ay''a'vam bertlham vImuch 'a rInbe'bej lut naQ.
