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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] anyone have a contact at conlang.org? or a
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robyn Stewart)
Mon Apr 29 15:28:45 2013
In-Reply-To: <CA+7zAmM-BDYnnA9LWr8obVfgX-QLYiSqGja0XMzgxGd_=nr+9g@mail.gmail.com>
From: Robyn Stewart <robyn@flyingstart.ca>
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2013 12:28:02 -0700
To: De'vID <de.vid.jonpin@gmail.com>
Cc: tlhIngan-Hol <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Errors-To: tlhingan-hol-bounces@stodi.digitalkingdom.org
I prefer the first. The second could be a description of one's preferred foreplay. I recommend including an explanation of why the English word order suggestion doesn't work.
On 2013-04-29, at 11:43, "De'vID" <de.vid.jonpin@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 10:42 AM, De'vID <de.vid.jonpin@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I came across this analysis of the "Klingon" spoken in the movie "Garden State":
>> http://tsketar.conlang.org/conlangs/klingongardenstate.html
>>
>> <Just to be absolutely positively sure, I also investigated what would
>> be the Klingon version of the phrase, as glossed by one of the other
>> characters -- "I like to mate after battle". I got:
>>
>> may' tlha' vIngagh 'e' vIparHa'
>>
>> literally 'I like it that I mate with him/her following battle.' If
>> you can find a better translation (or a person who could provide a
>> better translation), I'd welcome the pointer.>
>>
>> I would like to contact the author to offer a suggestion, but there is
>> no contact info on the site.
>
> An intrepid sleuth has given me the author's email contact info. Thank
> you, Ruben.
>
> Now, what do people think I should suggest for "I like to mate after battle"?
>
> There are several ways to render "after battle" ({jISuvpu'DI'},
> {rInDI' may'}, etc.) I think "[I] mate [with unspecified person]" has
> to be {jIngagh} and "I like to [do something]" is {'e' vItIv}.
>
> rInDI' may' jIngagh 'e' vItIv.
> jISuvpu'DI' jIngagh 'e' vItIv.
>
> Does anyone have better suggestions?
>
> --
> De'vID
>
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