[89568] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: nuq bop bom: 'ay' cha'maH wa'
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rohan Fenwick - QeS 'utlh)
Sat Sep 10 22:21:34 2011
From: Rohan Fenwick - QeS 'utlh <qeslagh@hotmail.com>
To: <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2011 12:15:50 +1000
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ghItlhpu' Qov, jatlh:
> jang Mahoun. "yuQvamDaq malja' wIHuq wIneH. mIpbe'law' nganpu'vam.
> Huch ghaj'a'?"
*lu*ghaj'a', I think. Can Huch be plural?
> "maHvaD Huj DIrlIH qIj
DIrlIj, though I realise this would've just been a typo.
> larghmeH tlhuHchoH Mahoun 'ej purtaHvIS, ghIch bIngDaq tlhIngan DeS
> much be'. "DaparHa' 'e' vItul."
As soon as the QeDpIn took his tricorder to the wall, I had suspicions
about what was going to unfold...
> "bIlugh," jatlh Mahoun, tay'taHvIS Ho'Du'Daj.
maj. I'm not sure how I would have put "clenched teeth".
> SKI: Essim advises Mahoun on the local economy, then initiates a
> Klingon ritual.
"tay, qar'a'??", Sovchu'taHvIS ghaHvaD tlhob. ('ej DaH nenwI' vIDaqa'
'e' vIlay'.)
In all seriousness, the descriptive prose in the section describing the
Klingon ritual and Mahoun's reaction to it is pretty powerful, I think.
majQa'.
QeS 'utlh