[Tlhingan-hol] Beginner's Holiday Card Challenge - Congratulations

[mayql qunenoS]

> Try {qaS} instead. ({qaStaHvIS 2016...})

ok,thanks ! I'll keep that in mind.

> I'm not sure if you're going for a pun or if it's a mistake, but
> {chu'} means "new" and not perfect (you may be thinking of the verb
> suffix {-chu'}).

it was a mistake.. I thought I remembered correctly,but I was mistaken.

> Also, in English you can "have" all kinds of things, but in Klingon
> {ghaj} denotes possession or ownership. What is the actual verb you
> want here?

this is another excellent point that I'm really very grateful for
learning. I hadn't thought of this info on {ghaj}. Actually I was
searching for a verb "to experience" but such a verb doesn't exist ;
so maybe I could use the verb {yIn}. So, (and taking into
consideration your comment on how to give a command) maybe I should
say :

qaStaHvIS 2016, DIS pup yIyIn !
while 2016 is happening, you live a perfect year !

qunnoq




On Sat, Jan 2, 2016 at 12:54 PM, De'vID <de.vid.jonpin at gmail.com> wrote:
> mayql qunenoS:
>> 2016 'oHtaHvIS Hoch Sara', DIS chu' yIghaj !
>> I command you all while it is 2016, to have a perfect year !
>
> While this is a pretty direct Klingon translation of the English
> sentence's words, it makes use of Englishism which don't make sense
> literally in Klingon.
>
> In English, you can say "it is" 2016, but *what* is 2016? The English
> word "it" is used to stand for all kinds of things, while in Klingon
> {'oH} is just the third person non-language-capable-being pronoun.
>
> Try {qaS} instead. ({qaStaHvIS 2016...})
>
> I'm not sure if you're going for a pun or if it's a mistake, but
> {chu'} means "new" and not perfect (you may be thinking of the verb
> suffix {-chu'}).
>
> Also, in English you can "have" all kinds of things, but in Klingon
> {ghaj} denotes possession or ownership. What is the actual verb you
> want here?
>
> And finally, telling someone you're ordering them before giving them a
> command is kind of strange. Just give the command.
>
> --
> De'vID
>
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