[Tlhingan-hol] wanI' Dajqu'

[mayqel qunenoS]

> How did I do?

perfect ! here is the exact translation :

> yInwIj wa'maH Soch DIS wa'DIch vIyInpu'DI
as soon as I lived my life's first seventeen years

> qa'vIn vItlhutlhchoH.
I started drinking coffee

> qa'vInDaq reH Su'ghar qutmey vIngoSta'
in the coffee I always dissolved sugar

(in TNK, {Su'ghar qutmey} is given as sugar. Don't get confused
because of the fact that {qut} means crystal. since TNK gives {Su'ghar
qutmey} as sugar, that's the way to go)
also notice the {-ta'} suffix on the verb {ngoS}; I dissolved sugar
--> I set out to do the dissolving and did it.

> 'a Hu' puS Su'ghar qutmey vImuSchoH
however a few days ago I started hating sugar

> DaH Su'ghar qutmey ngaSchugh qa'vIn
now, if the coffee contains sugar

> qa'vInvetlh vItlhutlhlaHbe'
I'm unable to drink that coffee

> qatlh. jISovbe'.
why ? I don't know.

after the {qatlh} I didn't put the question mark intentionally,
because it isn't needed. nevertheless, it remains a question. that is
the reason why the exact translation is "why ? I don't know".

if I wanted to write "I don't know why",perhaps I would write:

meq vISovbe'
I don't know the reason.

however I would like to tell you, that I'am a beginner. So don't trust
100% everything I write. I may be wrong !

qunnoq
I love rabbits


On Fri, Apr 29, 2016 at 3:31 PM, Dillon, Kyle <kyledi at spu.edu> wrote:
> Okay let me put my beginner Klingon translation skills to work here:
>
> When I turned seventeen, I started drinking coffee.
>
> I always put sugar crystals [perhaps "cubes" would be a better translation
> in this context?] in my coffee. But several days ago I started to hate sugar
> crystals. Now if coffee contains sugar crystals, I cannot drink that coffee.
> I don't know why.
>
> How did I do?
>
> -qayl
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Apr 28, 2016, at 11:51 AM, mayqel qunenoS <mihkoun at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> yInwIj wa'maH Soch DIS wa'DIch vIyInpu'DI', qa'vIn vItlhutlhchoH.
>
> qa'vInDaq reH Su'ghar qutmey vIngoSta'. 'a Hu' puS Su'ghar qutmey
> vImuSchoH. DaH Su'ghar qutmey ngaSchugh qa'vIn, qa'vInvetlh
> vItlhutlhlaHbe'. qatlh. jISovbe'.
>
> mIv Hurgh qunnoq
> Trust not their presents, nor admit the horse
>
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