[Tlhingan-hol] Royal We Beginners' Conversation

[mayql qunenoS]

ghItlhpu' SuStel :

> chuSmo' 'uSgheb rooster rur 'a rooster 'oHbe' 'uSgheb'e'. loD bo'Degh 'oH ja'pu'be' Okrand.

HIja' ! *rooster* 'oHbe' 'uSgheb'e' 'e' wISov 'ej reH loD bo'Degh
'oHbe' 'uSgheb 'e' wISov je.
indeed ! we knew it that 'uSgheb isn't a rooster, and we knew it too,
that it isn't always a male bird.

'ach tera'ngan *rooster* rurqu'bejmo', wIlo'.
however, because it definitely resembles a lot the terran rooster, we used it.

'ej wISopbej je !
and we would undoubtebly eat it too !

cpt qunnoQ

On Thu, Dec 31, 2015 at 4:15 PM, SuStel <sustel at trimboli.name> wrote:
> On 12/31/2015 2:45 AM, mayql qunenoS wrote:
>>
>> ghItlhpu' Qov :
>>
>>> 'uSgheb qellu'DI' loD boSopbe''a'?  - You don't eat the males?
>>
>>
>> ..actually the choice of {be' 'uSgheb} <female rooster> is due to the
>> way we refer to chickens in greek. The word we have here for chicken
>> is always taken to mean female chickens. Although it can refer to male
>> ones too. So, translating the greek word to english, and then to
>> klingon I searched for a way to specify that the chickens I would
>> refer to, would be the female ones..
>>
>> 'ach 'uSghebmey DISop je..
>> however we eat roosters too..
>
>
> loD bo'Degh neH 'oH 'uSgheb'e' 'e' wISovbe':
>
>    There are a few animals that make a particular ruckus at dawn. One
>    of these, the {'uSgheb}, is a bird which is particularly noisy and
>    has been likened to a rooster (though it is much fiercer).
>
> chuSmo' 'uSgheb rooster rur 'a rooster 'oHbe' 'uSgheb'e'. loD bo'Degh 'oH
> ja'pu'be' Okrand.
>
> 'uSgheb bopbogh latlh De':
>
>    Maltz said he has also heard the phrase {po Ha'DIbaH}, literally
>    <morning animal>, used to refer to the {'uSgheb}. He thinks {po
>    Ha'DIbaH} has some sort of literary source, since it is used in
>    operas and plays but not often in everyday speech. Maltz supposed
>    that {po Ha'DIbaH} could refer to a {jajlo' Qa'} as well.
>
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