[tlhIngan Hol] Am I right here?

[kechpaja]

And we totally interpreted that in completely different ways — I tried to figure out ways in which the *Klingon* sentence might be forced to make sense. 

I agree with you on the Klingon translations of the English sentence, although I might add {naDev} at the beginning if the "here" refers to an actual location, such as a question on a paper exam or something like that. 

-SapIr

On Sun, 28 Aug 2016 17:59:53 +0000
Felix Malmenbeck <felixm at kth.se> wrote:

> It seems to be a fairly straightforward misunderstanding:
> 
> TKD includes the phrase {jIHtaHbogh naDev vISovbogh.} for a "I'm lost.", and presumably the translator interpreted this (quite appropriately) as something like "I don't know the here I am."
> 
> {qar'a'?} is commonly translated as "Right?", so it makes sense that somebody might mistakenly use it in a question involving the word "right".
> 
> Personally, I'd simply translate the sentence {jIlugh'a'?}, or possibly {qar'a'?} or {jIlugh qar'a'?} if the speaker is asking for confirmation.
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> 
> I found this on the web, and it's repeated. Does anybody know who
> created that?
> 
> "Am I right here?"
> {qar’a’ jIHtaHbogh naDev}
> 
> And how would you translate it?
> 
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