[Tlhingan-hol] To-Be-Part 2

[David Trimboli]

On 4/3/2012 11:24 AM, Lieven Litaer wrote:
>
> Now that we have all the problem in mind, I like to tell you the reason
> why I have asked: Some of us are translating Facebook into klingon, and
> I saw one interesting to translate.

Translation by committee. Sigh.

> The English says something like "in relationship with John Doe".
>
> Now I wondered which is better:
>
> {parmaqqayDaj ghaH jon'e'}
> or
> {jon ghaH parmaqqayDaj'e'}

The latter. John (better transliterated as {jan}) is the 
fill-in-the-blank answer to the topic: "Beloved:______"

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