[Tlhingan-hol] ghargh'a Doq Hud'a' je -- wa' vI' wa'DIch

[Gaerfindel]

On 6/22/2014 9:19 AM, Robyn Stewart wrote:
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> On Jun 22, 2014, at 5:32, Gaerfindel <gaerfindel at hotmail.com 
> <mailto:gaerfindel at hotmail.com>> wrote:
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>> On 6/20/2014 2:47 PM, Gaerfindel wrote:
>>> I'm sure that by now everyone has seen the duel between Gregor "The 
>>> Mountain" Clegane and Oberyn "The Red Viper" Martell. That's exactly 
>>> what I'm going to *attempt* to describe in Klingon.  Wish me luck!
>> So after much hel -- particularly with the difference between {lung} 
>> and {ghargh} -- I've reworked the first part of the tale: The Call to 
>> Attention.
>>
>> {Qoy!  Qoy
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> Is Qoy an order or a statement?  The former would be clearer with an 
> imperative prefix. Also if it's an order, putting the vocative before 
> the order kinda makes sense. As in: hey you, do this.
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>> Hoch jupwi'pu'!
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> -pu' is type 2. -wI' is type 4 and spelled incorrectly.

So basically: {Qoy!  juppu'wI' yIQoy!
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>> SeymoH lut.  pIlmoH lut.DunmoH
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> nuq DunmoH?
Meh. I could have gone with just {Dun} "be wonderful", here.
>> 'ej 'IQmoHbogh lut.
> With the type 9 this becomes a sentence fragment.
So much the same with above?  {'ej 'IQmoH} "and tragic" (lit. "causes 
sadness")
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>>   Haychu'ta' ghargh Doq HuD je lut Samuch!}
>
> A comma between elements in an anded list helps readability.
Noted.
>
> You also need punctuation between the two sentences. yap . : ; ghap.
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> "A red/orange serpent/worm and a mountain duel to the death" and "I 
> present you with the story.".
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>>
>> Whaddya think?
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> lut'e' vIlaD 'e' vIloS. lutvam vISovbe' 'ej lutmey vItIv.
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> -Qov
qatlho'

~quljIb
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