[tlhIngan Hol] Expressing Anno Domini
qurgh lungqIj
qurgh at wizage.net
Fri Sep 22 09:52:45 PDT 2017
{tera' DIS} is also what Okrand used on the Skybox cards when writing the
copyright date: {tera' DIS wa'-Hut-Hut-loS}
On Fri, Sep 22, 2017 at 12:48 PM, qurgh lungqIj <qurgh at wizage.net> wrote:
> tera' DIS... ;)
>
> I use "CE" instead of "AD". That could be {bov motlh}, but I mostly use
> {tera' DIS} when talking about current Earth time.
>
> qurgh
>
> On Fri, Sep 22, 2017 at 12:44 PM, mayqel qunenoS <mihkoun at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Can someone tell me how to say in klingon "Anno Domini" ?
>>
>> I know we can say {qeylIS bov nubwI'} for "before the era of qeylIS". So
>> initially I thought of saying {christ bov cho'wI'}.
>>
>> But then I realized that the verb {cho'} means "to succeed to authority",
>> and not "to succeed (in general)".
>>
>> So, I came up with {christ bov bov veb} for "the next era of the era of
>> christ".
>>
>> I think this is correct, but again I'm not certain..
>>
>> Would you understand it if you saw it, without knowing the intended
>> meaning ? Can you think of something better ? And if you can, can you tell
>> me too ?
>>
>> qunnoq
>>
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