[Tlhingan-hol] A tribute to the dark lord

[lojmIttI'wI'nuv]

The Klingon comparative construction is very limited in its capacity to combine with more complex grammar. Either use it to compare things in a simple comparison sentence, or find some other way to say what you want. Here are suggestions:

vay’ ghung law’ SoH ghung. nuvvam DawIvchugh vaj …

or

ghungchu’wI’ yIwIv.

Actually, I probably would have taken on the entire project differently:

wa’ ghojwI’ pup poQchu' Hoch pIn’a’.

ghojchu’ta’DI’, tob’eghnIS ghojwI’vetlh. pIn’a’Daj Qaw’nIS.

pIn DamojmeH pIn’a’lI’ DaQaw’ta’. pIn’a’ DamojmeH, ghojwI’ pup DaSuqnIS. 

Hegh Hoch yInwI’pu’. Qaw’lu’ Hoch pIn’a’pu’. 

‘ach yIntaHvIS pIn’a’, Hoch ra’chu’. yInlI’ ratlhwI’pu’ ‘ej toy’nISlI'.

I’m reminded of the scene from Sherlock when someone tells Moriarti that people are dying, and he replies:

“That’s what people DO!"

pItlh
lojmIt tI'wI'nuv



> On Mar 17, 2016, at 6:49 AM, mayql qunenoS <mihkoun at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> while I was writing the sentences above, I wondered whether instead of this :
> 
> vay' ghung law' SoH ghung puS ; DawIvchugh vaj DuSopchu'bej
> someone is hungrier than you ; if you choose him then whatever..
> 
> I could write this :
> 
> vay''e' ghungbogh law' SoH ghung puS DawIvchugh vaj DuSopchu'bej
> if you choose someone who is hungrier than you, then whatever..
> 
> mayqel mIv Hurgh qunnoq
> quvbogh HoS'a' Hurgh. DaH qavan. reH qavan.
> 
> On Thu, Mar 17, 2016 at 10:57 AM, mayql qunenoS <mihkoun at gmail.com> wrote:
>> darth Sidious wisely said..
>> 
>> cho'wI' DawIvchugh vaj Ducho'bej..
>> vay' ghung law' SoH ghung puS ; DawIvchugh vaj DuSopchu'bej..
>> vay' nom law' SoH nom puS ; DawIvchugh vaj DublIjDaq 'etlh DajunlaHbe'bej..
>> vay' tuv law' SoH tuv puS ; DawIvchugh vaj HughlIjDaq 'etlh DabotlaHbe'bej..
>> vay' pIQHa' law' SoH pIQHa' puS ; DawIvchugh vaj DuHoHbogh 'etlh'e' Da'uchbej..
>> vay' val law' SoH val puS ; DawIvchugh vaj SoHDaq DughoS QIHlIj not 'e' Dalegh..
>> 
>> 'a 'ut ghojwI' ;
>> pagh ghatlh, ghojwI' Hutlhbogh pIn'a''e'.
>> 
>> if you choose a successor, he will definitely succeed you..
>> if you choose someone who is hungrier, he will definitely devour you..
>> if you choose someone who is faster, you will not avoid the blade at your back..
>> if you choose someone who is more patient, you will not block the
>> blade at your throat..
>> if you choose someone who is more devious, you will hold the blade
>> that kills you..
>> if you choose someone who is more clever, you will never see your
>> destruction coming..
>> 
>> however a student is essential ;
>> a master who lacks a student is a master of nothing.
>> 
>> mayqel mIv Hurgh qunnoq
>> quvbogh HoS'a' Hurgh. DaH qavan. reH qavan.
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