[Tlhingan-hol] Vows

[Robyn Stewart]

If the repeated qanay/qaSaw is trying to cover the bases for a same sex ceremony, TKD is clear that a woman says qanay and a man qaSaw. 

Why not just pIj maHagh 'e' vI'Ip. I don't like the vum either. Or without the 'Ip, maHaghruptaHjaj. It's more of a -jaj sentiment I think. 

And if it's going to be plural (speaking in unison?), 'e' wI'Ip, not 'e' ma'Ip. 

naywI' SawwI' joq vIHoy'. 

> On May 27, 2014, at 20:31, Alan Anderson <qunchuy at alcaco.net> wrote:
> 
> On Tue, May 27, 2014 at 2:20 PM, Elizabeth Lawrence
> <elizabeth.lawrence08 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I'm working on some Klingon wedding vows, and I'd like a second opinion.
>> 
>> DaHjaj  qanay
>> DaHjaj  qaSaw
> 
> cha' mu'tlheghmeyvam pIm jatlh cha' nuv pIm 'e' vIpIH. This had better
> be two different people talking. :-)
> 
>> jIyIntaHvIS  bangwI’  SoHtaH
>> reH  qatlhej  ‘e’  vI’Ip
>> reH  SoHvaD  jISuv  ‘e’  vI’Ip
> 
> Would {ghob} work instead of {Suv}? I'm not sure that you want to go
> overboard on the Klingon-esque sentiment.
> 
>> reH  juHwIj’e’  juHlIj  ‘oH  ‘e’  vI’Ip
> 
> If you're going to "front" the subject as a topic noun, it should
> precede the adverbial as well. However, I think you probably should go
> with standard word order: {reH juHlIj 'oH juHwIj'e'...}
> 
>> pIj maHaghmeH jIvum 'e' vI'Ip
> 
> I see what you mean about the phrasing here. If you really want the
> {...'e' vI'Ip}, I'm having a hard time coming up with anything better.
> How about {reH maHaghlaH 'e' vIpotlhmoH 'e' vI'Ip}?
> 
>> reH  maQaHchuq  ‘e’  ma’Ip
> 
> Why the sudden change to plural?
> 
>> DaHjaj qorDu' chu' wIchenmoH
> 
> Consider {wIcher} instead of {wIchenmoH}, though I can understand why
> you might prefer {chenmoH}.
> 
>> Also, I'm not sure I like the mixture of first and second person, but I'm
>> not sure how to rephrase.
> 
> You mean the {bangwI' SoHtaH}? I didn't notice anything odd about it.
> 
> -- ghunchu'wI'
> 
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