[89375] in tlhIngan-Hol
RE: nuq jatlh be'vam?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Seruq)
Fri Sep 2 02:23:05 2011
From: "Seruq" <seruq@bellsouth.net>
To: <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2011 01:16:58 -0500
In-Reply-To: <4E60313A.7000808@trimboli.name>
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chaq ...
buqlIjDaq X tu'lu' pagh choleghmo' bIQuch. yIQIj / yIchuH(slang) / vIt yIngu' / latlh latlh...
Like the "Which weapon do you prefer?" recasting.
DloraH
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tlhingan-hol-bounce@kli.org
> [mailto:tlhingan-hol-bounce@kli.org] On Behalf Of David Trimboli
> Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2011 20:28
> To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
> Subject: Re: nuq jatlh be'vam?
>
> 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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