[Tlhingan-hol] nuq bop bom: 'ay' wa'vatlh Hut: <HoD luSov>

[ghunchu'wI' 'utlh]

On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 11:50 AM, Qov <robyn at flyingstart.ca> wrote:
> ravDaq HeghtaHvIS SuvwI'vam 'e' bejnISbe'mo' Quchqu' HoD.

<-vIS> <'e'> ghap DanopnISlaw'.

> "boSwI' chovnatlhvam [58] vIje'ta'. "

vey naQ yIboS! pu'HIch Segh wa', Segh cha', pu'beH je tISuq!

> nuD ghutar. jatlh "nov, 'ach jagh HoHchugh jIbepbe' jIH. DaH rIHwI'mey
> vISuqnIS."[143]
> [143] Like cellphone chargers, you think? Or more like ammo clips? My
> apologies to anyone who is really conversant with Treknology. I know I just
> make up whatever is needed for the story. Do feel free to correct me.

HoS 'aplo' lo' pu'HIch. Phaser pistols use replaceable power packs
("The Omega Glory").

> "nISwI' 'oHpu'chugh qaHoHta'."

I'm not convinced that {-pu'chugh} properly conveys the subjunctive.
I've come to believe that Klingon grammar simply doesn't express this
sort of hypothetical phrasing.

> "pu'HIch DamaSmo' jIbel."
>
> ...'ach voqqangmo' bel vajar.

bel Hoch. maj.

> DujDaj parmaqqay ghaj 'e' SIv vajar.

be' ror maS'a'? Daj.

> "tlharghDujchaj chovlI' jonwI'pu'ma'. wa'leS gharben cha'[117] wISuch."

ghaytan ghomHa'chu'pu' HIq SIp. chaq HanDogh jormoHbogh wanI' lutu'be'
jonwI'pu'. yuQ rap bav varSajIy; chaq De' lI' ngevqang...DIlta'chugh
vajar.

> "wo' wItoy'!"

taHjaj wo'!

> "wo' woQ Qujmey vIbuSHa'chu', 'a chaq pong vIghov." jatlh vajar.

vajarvam vIparHa'. yaH woQ Qujmey vIbuSHa'chu' jIH.

> "Daghov 'e' vIpIH," jatlh Hota'ro'. "QI' tawIjDaq DalaD. chorgh wen
> may'DujvamDaq jItoy'taH." Quchbe'law'.

quvHa'be' Hota'ro'. po'law'. chorgh wen qaS nuq? tugh vISovchoH 'e' vIloS.

-- ghunchu'wI'