[89600] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: nuq bop bom: 'ay' cha'maH wa' "A"
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rohan Fenwick - QeS 'utlh)
Mon Sep 12 09:19:16 2011
From: Rohan Fenwick - QeS 'utlh <qeslagh@hotmail.com>
To: <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2011 23:06:55 +1000
In-Reply-To: <6.2.5.6.2.20110910114528.04306660@flyingstart.ca>
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ghItlhpu' Qov, jatlh:
> The odd numbering reflects the fact that I decided to write this part (and
> the following one) only after writing the next twenty parts, and I didn't
> want to renumber them all.
yajchu'.
(Now I think about it, you mentioned that you began writing this thing on the
plane on the way back from qep'a'... Were you expecting it to get so massive?
And so quickly?)
> HughDajvo' mejpu'DI' wab, laHDaj HonchoH Mahoun. pIj nga'chuqbogh
> tlhInganpu' bejpu' 'ach mIwmey tIvbogh be' ngu'laHbe'. chaHvaD
> 'utbe'law' bel. ngaghDI' pav 'ej ral. nom tagh 'ej nom rIn. Ha'DIbaH
> lam chaH. teH! manga'chuq 'e' tIvbe'chugh tlhIngan be'qoq lam, qatlh
> vISaH jIH? vIwem vIneH neH. vIyonmoHbe'chugh vaj Hoch qotlhbogh Hev.
> qaStaHvIS ghup Mahoun pIlmoH qechmeyvam 'ej ghuppu'pa' jang be'.
> "ghghghghgh." ngaghqang.
Hm. I found this a bit jarring. Mahoun's attitude towards the thing is hard to
pin down. In the previous section he doesn't seem to have so much problem with
'eSSIm in particular, but here there seems to be a sudden alteration in his
mindset that's a little difficult to understand.
> MahounDaq quS 'ugh chuH.
Nice use of chuH!
> 'a SIQlaHmoH, SeymoH 'oy'.
SIQmoHlaH.
> yavDaq pummoH 'ej roDajDaj toS.
{roDajDaq} bIjatlh DaneHba'.
> pay' tlhInganvam SaH.
naDev {SaHchoH} qaq law' {SaH} qaq puS 'e' vIHar.
Very powerful stuff. (But then, it's powerful subject matter.) I think if ever
there was a bit of prose that showed how vivid Klingon can be as a language,
this is it - this is some of the bluest writing I've read in a while!
QeS 'utlh
