[tlhIngan Hol] I'm not bying

[mayqel qunenoS]

SuStel:
> I'm going to make a stylistic suggestion here: say *wa' pon 'e' *> *nID
latlh.* It's unclear who the *other* is before you find out > there's a
*one.*

Thank you for clarifying this ! I was actually wondering which to place
first; the {wa'} or the {latlh}. And to confess my sin, I placed them
randomly..

Anyway, I'm happy to learn the correct way of placing them !

qunnoq

On 19 Jul 2017 8:21 pm, "SuStel" <sustel at trimboli.name> wrote:

> On 7/19/2017 1:10 PM, mayqel qunenoS wrote:
>
> pIj, HaSta jIHDaq amerI'qa' Da'wI'pu' vIlegh; ja'chuq Da'wI'pu'vam 'ej
> latlh pon 'e' nID wa'.
>
>
> I'm going to make a stylistic suggestion here: say *wa' pon 'e' nID
> latlh.* It's unclear who the *other* is before you find out there's a
> *one.*
>
> 'ach, HarQo'chugh latlh, vaj jatlh I'm not bying. reH, mu'tlheghvam
> vIparHa'qu'. jangmeH mu'tlheghvam ghaj 'elaDya' Hol 'e' vIjInbej..
>
> SKI: I really like the american/english phrase "I'm not bying", in order
> to express "I'm not convinced.
>
> The phrase is *I'm not buying it,* where *it* refers to the explanation
> you're not convinced about.
>
> Klingon has a similar expression: *latlh HIvje'Daq 'Iw HIq bIr yIqang** I
> don't believe you, maybe someone else will.*
>
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