[Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: Ha'on

[mayql qunenoS]

jiH :

> nImDaq, muvoQmeH verengan Ha'DIbaH puqloDvetlh, Ha'onmey woD.
> In order to choke me, that ferengi son of a @!@!, threw the staples in my milk.

De'vID :

> qatlh nImDaq ghaH verengan'e'?

yeah, that was wrong, and due to my misconception that the {-Daq}
needed always to come at the beginning of the sentence. Luckily,
earlier threadvamDaq ghunchu'wI' and the Ca'non master helped me
understand where a/the {-Daq} is supposed to go..

jIH :

> jIHvaD nImwIj Datatlh pagh Ha'onmeylIj lo'laH vInge' 'ej
> nujlIjvo' burghDu'lIjDaq vIyuv !
> return to me my milk, or I will take away your valuable
> staples, and I will shove them from your mouth to your stomachs !

Qov :

> Look up the Klingon for "surrender or die" and rephrase this one.

hmm.. interesting. This is another wonderful point in tlhIngan pab, I
would have missed if someone hadn't told me.. Thanks Qov !

jIHvaD nImwIj Datatlhbe'chugh vaj Ha'onmeylIj lo'laH vInge' 'ej
nujlIjvo' burghDu'lIjDaq vIyuv !

qunnoq

On Fri, Feb 5, 2016 at 4:24 PM, Steven Boozer <sboozer at uchicago.edu> wrote:
> mayql qunenoS:
>> > nImDaq, muvoQmeH verengan Ha'DIbaH puqloDvetlh, Ha'onmey woD.
>> > In order to choke me, that ferengi son of a @!@!, threw the staples in
>> my milk.
>
> De'vID:
>> qatlh nImDaq ghaH verengan'e'?
>>
>> SKI: I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas, I don't
>> know.
>
> FYI, Okrand wrote in HQ 4.2 (p.5-6):
>
>    ... that old Groucho Marx joke, you know: "I just shot an elephant
>    in my pajamas...and how he got in my pajamas I'll never know." You
>    can say that in Klingon, no problem; they'll get the joke. There's
>    not many jokes you can get to translate into Klingon, but that one
>    would work.
>
>
>
> --
> Voragh
> tlhIngan ghantoH pIn'a'
> Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
>
>
>
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