[Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: nID
SuStel
sustel at trimboli.name
Wed Feb 17 04:57:51 PST 2016
On 2/17/2016 3:40 AM, mayql qunenoS wrote:
> jIH :
>> matammoH'eghjaj 'ej Hovmeymaj Hurgh DItIv
> Qov :
>> Also I suspect the author wants to express the "may" idea with the second
>> verb, too, but the way you've translated it is what was written.
>
> Actually no.. The intented meaning was <may we shut up and enjoy the
> stars> ; not <may we shut up and may we enjoy the stars>.
{matam'eghmoHjaj 'ej Hovmeymaj Hurgh DItIv} means "may we make ourselves
silent and we enjoy our dark stars." The second part is a statement of
fact, not a wish, and not part of the first sentence's wish.
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SuStel
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