[89576] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: nuq bop bom: 'ay' cha'maH wa'
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rohan Fenwick - QeS 'utlh)
Sun Sep 11 08:54:58 2011
From: Rohan Fenwick - QeS 'utlh <qeslagh@hotmail.com>
To: <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2011 22:48:24 +1000
In-Reply-To: <6.2.5.6.2.20110910211349.042cf108@flyingstart.ca>
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ghItlhpu' Qov, jatlh:
> SKI: Essim advises Mahoun on the local economy, then initiates a
> Klingon ritual.
jIjang:
> "tay, qar'a'??", Sovchu'taHvIS ghaHvaD tlhob. ('ej DaH nenwI' vIDaqa'
> 'e' vIlay'.)
mujang Qov:
> I just love having the poor QeDpIn bored out of his tree at another
> incomprehensible alien ritual, without the faintest idea what is
> going on in front of him, while Mahoun is having this intense moment
> of both personal transition and lust.
I had to laugh. It was pretty clear from an early stage what 'eSSIm and
Mahoun were up to - my first inkling actually came when she *asked* if
she could touch Mahoun's arms (and in fact I was about to comment and
say that a Klingon would probably use an imperative, but then I read on
a bit further and realised that there was much more going on). But the
QeDpIn, the poor schmuck, just doesn't have a clue. "tayvamvaD jI'utbe',
qar'a'?". Yes, mate, you could say that.
jIH:
> 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'.
Qov:
> choquvmoH. SoHmo' wa'leS 'ay' vIlab 'e' vIngIl. jIjatlhpu' jangchugh
> pagh vIlabbe'.
qamoDmoH vIneHbe'! 'ach Dalabmo' jIbel.
QeS 'utlh
