[Tlhingan-hol] A Challenge to the group

[lojmitti7wi7nuv at gmail.com]

DloraH, qatlho'. This is the kind of thing I've been seeking. My favorite is the second one. {SaH 'Iv?} is the perfect response to "Knock, knock." Why do I hear HoD Qanqor's voice in a sarcastic whine when I read it?

The third one is good, but shouldn't that be:

[{{'IHbe'}} bIjatlh'a'?] jatlh tlhIngan.

I thought quotations were not treated as objects of speech, but just separate sentences with no grammatical link between them. They just sit next to each other, in either order.

And the last joke explains a lot about the tlhIngan Hubbeq.

On Jul 14, 2014, at 8:52 PM, DloraH <seruq at bellsouth.net> wrote:

> wa' cha' wej yIghoS!
> 
> "One two three Go!"
> "One two not yet!"
> 
> --
> 
> knock-knock!
> SaH 'Iv
> 
> --
> 
> <naDev be'nal Dalegh. 'IH, qar'a'?> jatlh tlhIngan
> <'IH be'> jatlh tera'ngan
> QeHchoH tlhIngan. <'IHbe' Dajatlh?> jatlh tlhIngan
> tera'ngan HoH tlhIngan
> 
> (From a joke from Donald Vick.)
> 
> --
> 
> Like the previous one, this one needs to be spoken, not written...
> 
> Q: qatlh chorgh Sa' neH ghaj tlhIngan Hubbeq?
> A: Sa' Hut moj neHmo' pagh.
> 
> (Don't remember who submitted this one to the list, last year I believe.)
> 
> 
> 
> -- DloraH
> 
> 
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