[Tlhingan-hol] In Klingon about anything.

[lojmIt tI'wI' nuv 'utlh]

“It is time for a lesson. Always two there are. A master and an apprentice. And you are the apprentice.”

qaghojmoHlaH jIH neH. DaH yIghoj! 

Jedai knights are wordy. Klingons are not.

lojmIt tI’wI’ nuv ‘utlh
Door Repair Guy, Retired Honorably



> On Nov 27, 2015, at 9:40 AM, qunnoQ HoD <mihkoun at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Since the rule of this list goes "you can talk in Klingon about anything,or in any language about Klingon", I decided to create this thread where I will be writing "in Klingon about anything".
> The reason why I will post here,instead of creating a new thread each and every time, is because most of the times what I'm actually writing is a very small passage (maybe even just a sentence), which I don't think it qualifies on its own for a whole new separate thread. Unless of course I have a lot to write,and in this case go on to creating a separate thread.
> 
> With this being said..
> 
> Recently I saw a youtube video,of a fan-made film on the Sith,where the following was narrated :
> 
> "..It is time for a lesson. Always two there are. A master and an apprentice. And you are the apprentice.." Naturally,I decided to translate it in Klingon and came up with this :
> 
> "..DaqawmoHlu' poH 'oH ; reH,cha' tu'lu'. pIn'a' ghojwI' je.  yIqaw ! ghojwI' SoH.."
> 
> I was concerned with how to express the <<it is time for a lesson>>,since there is no noun for <<lesson>>. So I chose to say <<it is time you were reminded>>. Now,as far as the <<and you are the apprentice>> is concerned,I chose to express it using an imperative,because the purpose of this video was to remind the student to the point of warning her,that she is the student and crossing the line could have dire consequences ; I don't think that using the Klingon word for <<and>> would convey the same feeling..
> 
> qun
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