[89384] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: nuq jatlh be'vam?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (lojmIt tI'wI' nuv)
Fri Sep 2 10:45:04 2011
From: "lojmIt tI'wI' nuv" <lojmitti7wi7nuv@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <4E60313A.7000808@trimboli.name>
Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2011 10:38:17 -0400
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
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This is how I'd say it:
buqlIjDaq X'e' Daghajlaw' pagh choleghmo' bIQuchlaw'.
or more directly (though less of a direct quote):
buqIjDaq X'e' Daghajlaw' pagh choparHa'chu'.
pItlh.
lojmIt tI'wI' nuv
On Sep 1, 2011, at 9:28 PM, David Trimboli wrote:
> 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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