<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, 29 Dec 2021 at 07:46, James Landau <<a href="mailto:savegraduation@yahoo.com">savegraduation@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div dir="ltr">Well, it turned out that Marc was going to see RENT performed in a few weeks! He also told me that that song had been covered in Klingon, although Marc had never seen/heard the video. </div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I think he has seen it and has just forgotten (or at least a version of it, if there's more than one recording or performance), because he made the following comment about it on Facebook: "Someone actually knows how to use Klingon numbers!" (source: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/marc.okrand/posts/345321122223456" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/marc.okrand/posts/345321122223456</a>)</div><div><br><br></div><div><div id="gmail-:2ph" class="gmail-Am gmail-aO9 gmail-Al editable gmail-LW-avf gmail-tS-tW gmail-tS-tY" aria-label="Message Body" role="textbox" aria-multiline="true" tabindex="1" style="direction:ltr;min-height:85px"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div dir="ltr">what do you think of Rachel's pronunciation, grammar, and usage?</div></div></div>
</blockquote></div><div><br></div><div>Here are the lyrics. </div><br clear="all"><div>{vaghbIp cha'netlh vaghSaD javvatlh tup,<br></div><div>lo'laHbogh vaghbIp cha'netlh vaghSaD poHmey,<br></div><div>vaghbIp cha'netlh vaghSaD javvatlh tup.<br></div><div>chay' DIS DajuvlaH?<br></div><div><br></div><div>bIjuvmeH pemmey, povmey, ramjepmey, qa'vIn HIvje'mey,<br></div><div>'ujmey, qelI'qammey, naD, QeH ghap Dalo'laH.<br></div><div>vaghbIp cha'netlh vaghSaD javvatlh tup Dalo'laH.<br></div><div>chay' wa' yIn DIS DajuvlaH?<br></div><div><br></div><div>parmaq Dalo'laH'a'?<br></div><div>parmaq Dalo'laH'a'?<br></div><div>parmaq Dalo'laH'a'?<br></div><div>bIjuvmeH parmaq yIlo'.}<br></div><div><br></div><div>"525,600 minutes<br>525,000 moments so dear<br>525,600 minutes<br>How do you measure, measure a year?<br><br>In daylights, in sunsets, in midnights, in cups of coffee<br>In inches, in miles, in laughter, in strife<br>In 525,600 minutes<br>How do you measure a year in the life?<br><br>How about love?<br>How about love?<br>How about love?<br>Measure in love"<br></div><div><br></div><div>Obviously, since it's a song, there are some liberties taken in the translation, but the grammar is faultless. The pronunciation could have been better, but it's quite good for a performer whom (I assume) does not actually speak the language.</div></div></div><div> </div></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature">De'vID</div></div>