[tlhIngan Hol] The new old Klingons

[Rebecca Krause]

Thank you all for your help.

On Thu, May 18, 2017 at 9:46 AM, Steven Boozer <sboozer at uchicago.edu> wrote:

> Consider breaking up the long English sentence into two shorter Klingon
> sentences.  Here’s some vocabulary and examples to play with:
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> *lo'Ha'*         waste (v)
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> *HoS lI' Dalo'Ha'chu'*
> You are a total waste of good energy! PK
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> *lo'laHbe'*      be worthless (v)
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> * vIlo'laHbe'*
> They are useless to me. I cannot use them. TKD
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> *leghlaHchu'be'chugh mIn lo'laHbe' taj jej*
> A sharp knife is nothing without a sharp eye. TKW
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> *  lo'laHbe'*;* chetvI' chIm rur*
> worthless as an empty torpedo tube KGT
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> *lo'laHbe'ghach*  worthlessness (n)
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> *lI'                 *be useful (v)
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> *  Qu'vaD lI' net tu'bej*
> One certainly finds it useful for the mission.
> One will certainly observe that it is useful
>  to the mission. TKD
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> *  Qu'vaD lI' De'vam*
> This information is useful for the mission. TKD
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> *HoS lI' Dalo'Ha'chu' *You are a total waste of good energy! PK
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> *lI' 'e' Datu'*
> You will find it useful. PK
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> *lI'qu' tlhIngan may' taj *The Klingon battle knife is designed primarily
> for
>  versatility of use. SP2
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> *bIDaqchu' 'ej jagh De' lI' DaSuq *Intercept useful enemy information.
> MKE
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> *lI'be'*         be useless
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> *  wa'maH yIHmey lI'be' *ten useless tribbles CK
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> Voragh
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> *On Behalf Of *SuStel
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> On 5/18/2017 6:28 AM, Rebecca Krause wrote:
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> jIQochbe'. paghmeH tlhIngan Hol vIghojtaH vIneHbe'.
>
> If you see errors I would be happy to be corrected; I'm a learner... thank
> you What I was trying to say with each sentence was:
>
> "I agree. I don't want to be learning Klingon for nothing."
>
> *-meH* is a verb suffix; you can't put it on nouns. The English idiom *
> for nothing* isn't something you can translate quite so easily; you have
> to turn it into a non-idiomatic idea first. I'm thinking *lI'be' tlhIngan
> Hol ghojtaHghachwIj vIneHbe'** I don't want my ongoing learning of
> Klingon to be useless.*
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