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

[mayql qunenoS]

Ca'non master :

> If you find my article posted anywhere else.

I just checked out the curses, 'a I only found them at the link you
already posted. Thanks.

qunnoq

On Fri, Feb 5, 2016 at 5:15 PM, mayql qunenoS <mihkoun at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
>>
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Tlhingan-hol mailing list
>> Tlhingan-hol at kli.org
>> http://mail.kli.org/mailman/listinfo/tlhingan-hol