<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default"><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"times new roman",serif">Hi all,<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"times new roman",serif"><br></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;font-size:10pt;line-height:107%">Wow thanks a lot for your warm welcome and feedback! </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%"><font face="wingdings">:)</font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"times new roman",serif"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"times new roman",serif">I’ll try to reply to everyone below/ bIngDaq Hoch
Sajang ‘e’ vInID (this email may be a bit long, sorry!)<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"times new roman",serif"><span> </span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"times new roman",serif">@’arHa<span></span></span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"times new roman",serif">>> First off, wow! For a month of practice, your
Klingon is /great!/ I bet it is because you are an experienced translator and
language learner!<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"times new roman",serif">Thanks a lot, it’s super encouraging to hear! It helps
to already know other languages, but I’m actually not a very advanced
klingonist so far:<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"times new roman",serif">thlIngan Hol vIjatlhmeH ‘ej ‘oH vIlaDmeH mu’ghom vIlo’
mu’mey law’be’ vISov, vaj Hoch mu’vaD mu’ghom vIlo’nIS. poH law’ poQtaH ‘oH.<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"times new roman",serif"><span> </span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"times new roman",serif">>> I think we usually use the verb {Dab} for
"to inhabit" a country, so: vIraS vIDab. But what you wrote isn't
grammatically incorrect.<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;font-size:10pt;line-height:107%">DalughmoHta’mo’ qatlho’ </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%"><font face="wingdings">:)</font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"times new roman",serif"><span> </span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"times new roman",serif"><span> </span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"times new roman",serif">@Lieven / </span></b><font face="times new roman, serif"><span style="font-size:13.3333px"><b>Quvar valer 'utlh</b></span></font><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;font-size:10pt;line-height:107%">:</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"times new roman",serif"><span> </span></span><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;font-size:10pt">>> this sounds very strange to me, because
that's my daughter's name :-)</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"times new roman",serif">Oops, maybe I should take a Klingon name then. I put “mughwI’”
as my username on the KLI so if it sounds fine as a Klingon name, then so be
it. (if not, then to reply this essential question of “what’s your Klingon
name”, I could also answer loSmaH cha’ ;-). But let me know if it sounds bad though!<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"times new roman",serif"><span> </span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"times new roman",serif">>> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:107%;font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">As our current BG already said, your klingon is
VERY good for being your first message.<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;font-size:10pt;line-height:107%">qatlho’ </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%"><font face="wingdings">:)</font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"times new roman",serif"><span> </span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"times new roman",serif">>> Here it seems like you've misinterpreted the
word "film" for a movie. Literally, the word {mIllogh qonwI' qoSta'}
means "image-recorder-ribbon", so it's the kind of film that is used
in a photocamera, not a movie.<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"times new roman",serif">Sorry about that! So to convey “movie”, it should be “</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:107%;font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">HaSta much</span>”, <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"times new roman",serif">qar’a’</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:107%;font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">?</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"times new roman",serif"><span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"times new roman",serif"><span> </span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"times new roman",serif">>> Have you seen the Klingon language wiki
already?<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"times new roman",serif">Yes, this is where I found out about the KLBC.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"times new roman",serif"> I will think about possible contributions there for
the French, I see there are a lot of pages that would need translation.<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"times new roman",serif"><span> </span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"times new roman",serif">>> re. introducing oneself:<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"times new roman",serif">I found "lIH" on the klingonska website with the example
“To begin to sing a song is to lIH (literally, introduce) the song [...]” so I thought
it was only a musical term. Will make a note of “</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:107%;font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">jIlIH'egh</span> »
for next time.<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"times new roman",serif"><span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"times new roman",serif"><span> </span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;font-size:10pt;line-height:107%">I also wanted to say, Youtube-Daq muchmey Dalanbogh
vIparHa’ </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%"><font face="wingdings">:)</font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"times new roman",serif"><span> </span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"times new roman",serif">@QISta’:<span></span></span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:107%;font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">>> Hello :-) (I'm
a Terran so if I don't say "hello" I'll explode!)</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"times new roman",serif"><span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"times new roman",serif">Haha yes I know the feeling! I wanted to say “nuqneH”
in my 1^st message but as I’m the newcomer, it doesn’t apply. And I don’t
know if “I salute you” / “qavan” can serve as a greeting formula (it has quite
a military connotation, qar’a’?)<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"times new roman",serif"><span> </span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"times new roman",serif">@mIp'av:<span></span></span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"times new roman",serif">>> Aurélie, maHvaD bIjatlhpu' <SaqIHneS>. naDev
bIjatlhnISbe' <neS>.<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;font-size:10pt;line-height:107%">Ok,</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;font-size:10pt;line-height:107%"> I was trying to convey “nice to meet you” so I
figured adding “neS” would convey a similar idea in a Klingon way, using
“I'm honoured to meet you” instead. But then the true Klingon way is possibly to just say nothing
in those cases, a bit like for “hello”.<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;font-size:10pt;line-height:107%"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;font-size:10pt;line-height:107%">>></span><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;font-size:10pt">qaStaHvIS loS DIS tlhIngan Hol vIHaDqu'taH, 'a tugh SoH po' law' jIH po'
puS 'e' vIpIH.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;font-size:10pt">jInIDlI' :)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 35.4pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"times new roman",serif"><span></span></span></p></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">2016-09-28 15:08 GMT+02:00 Ed Bailey <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bellerophon.modeler@gmail.com" target="_blank">bellerophon.modeler@gmail.com</a>></span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div style="margin-left:40px">jatlh QISta': tlhIngan SoH 'e' vIHar. :-P<br></div><div><br>bImuj. tera'ngan jIH, 'a qatru' jIHmo', nugh tIgh vIpablaHqu'be'. 'a pIjHa' jatwIj vI'ang.<br><br></div>~mIp'av.<br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 3:36 AM, Christa Hansberry <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:chransberry@gmail.com" target="_blank">chransberry@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="h5"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><div> jatlh mip'av:</div><span><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;line-height:107%">mIp'av 'oH pongwIj'e'. 'amerIqa' vIDab je, QISta' vIrur. (QISta', jIjatlhbe' <Hello> 'a wej jIjor.)</span></div></div></blockquote><div> </div></span><div> 'ach... tera'ngan jIH. tlhIngan SoH 'e' vIHar. :-P</div><div><br></div><div>-QISta'</div></div><br></div></div>
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