[97403] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Na'vi' piece
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robyn Stewart)
Thu Oct 17 18:17:05 2013
From: Robyn Stewart <robyn@flyingstart.ca>
In-Reply-To: <CAFK8js2M7GrSdwKi6dK6wFzqPEqqJPJ9EqueYxoxiN4oRVV_-A@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2013 15:16:23 -0700
Cc: tlhIngan-Hol <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Errors-To: tlhingan-hol-bounces@kli.org
On 2013-10-17, at 12:16, Alan Anderson <qunchuy@alcaco.net> wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 12:00 PM, Robyn Stewart <robyn@flyingstart.ca> wrote:
>> I was interviewed for this piece in Nautilus magazine.
>> http://nautil.us/issue/6/secret-codes/cracking-avatars-language-codes
>
> De' nejlu'meH SoH DaSamlu'. meq DaSov'a'? qatlh ponglIj Sov yu'wI'?
vIqawbe'. chaq TwitterDaq vISamlu'.
>> I don't appear in the piece: perhaps I was background or just cut for lack
>> of interest.
>
> chaq ngoDqoqmey lupIHlu'bogh Daj law' ngoDmey Da'olbogh Daj puS.
rut jIDaj.
>> I find it interesting that Na'vi' enthusiasts were at first
>> working only from the subtitles with no grammar to guide them. That's
>> another layer we Klingonists don't have.
>
> We do seem to be getting more hints and examples without explicit
> definitions lately. Things like {ngIq} and {'aplo'} and {vey} are
> reasonably well understood to various extents, though we don't have
> "official" prescriptive meanings direct from Marc Okrand.
>
> Until we get a good explanation of {yI'}, however, I think that one is
> going to remain an interesting mystery.
chIch ta'choH Marc 'e' boqel'a'.
>
> -- ghunchu'wI'
>
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