[89369] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: nuq jatlh be'vam?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Trimboli)
Thu Sep 1 21:33:32 2011
Date: Thu, 01 Sep 2011 21:28:26 -0400
From: David Trimboli <david@trimboli.name>
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
In-Reply-To: <291AB14D-FAA4-48A6-A012-1D074C719334@alcaco.net>
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Reply-to: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
On 9/1/2011 9:06 PM, ghunchu'wI' 'utlh wrote:
> On Sep 1, 2011, at 8:19 PM, De'vID ( )
> <de.vid.jonpin@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Also: How would you express the above sentence ("Is that X in your
>> pocket or
>> are you happy to see me?") in Klingon?
>
> buqlIjDaq X tu'lu''a' pagh choleghmo' bIQuch'a'?
>
> I'm not completely comfortable with using the sentence conjunction
> between two questions, but it's an obvious way to do it.
Yeah, the English offers a choice of two alternatives, while the Klingon
asks two yes/no questions. I'm sure it's not the right way to ask it.
Alas that we don't have an "official" way to do it.
I would probably convert it to an if/then sentence, much like "buy or
die" gets converted.
buqlIjDaq X'e' tu'be'lu'chugh, vaj bIQuch'a' choleghmo'?
Or something like that.
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