[Tlhingan-hol] A tribute to the dark lord

mayql qunenoS mihkoun at gmail.com
Thu Mar 17 09:02:49 PDT 2016


lojmIt tI'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.

ok, thanks !

On Thu, Mar 17, 2016 at 4:59 PM, lojmIttI'wI'nuv
<lojmitti7wi7nuv at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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