October 2018 - tlhIngan-Hol

If I wrote..
by mayqel qunenoS 18 Oct '18

18 Oct '18

If I wrote: yInwIj DIS cha'maHDIch vISIQtaHvIS.. Would you understand "while I was twenty years old.." ? ~ channgan

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qepHom to come vocabulary wishlist
by Michael Kúnin 18 Oct '18

18 Oct '18

Thanks for the new information! I would make a small request as well: 10^7/ten million/crore10^8/one hundred million10^9/one billion (short scale) Examples: {DoyIchlan luDab chorgh<10^7> cha''uy' Humanpu'} {tera' yuQ luDab Soch<10^9> jav<10^8> Humanpu'} Qapla'! P.S. pIm mayqel qunenoS jIH je.

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qepHom to come vocabulary wishlist
by Michael Kúnin 18 Oct '18

18 Oct '18

Why cannot email clients process newlines consistently jay'? I would make a small request as well: 10^7/ten million/crore 10^8/one hundred million 10^9/one billion (short scale) Examples: {DoyIchlan luDab chorgh<10^7> cha''uy' Humanpu'} {tera' yuQ luDab Soch<10^9> jav<10^8> Humanpu'} Qapla'!

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qepHom to come vocabulary wishlist
by mayqel qunenoS 18 Oct '18

18 Oct '18

Will there be a vocabulary wishlist for the qepHom to come ? There are six words I'd like to request. ~ channgan qIj

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The Serpent of the Haradrim
by mayqel qunenoS 17 Oct '18

17 Oct '18

QInvam vIghItlhchoHpa’, wa’ngoD vIQIjnISchu’; lord of the rings po’wI’ jIHbe’bej. lord of the rings muchmey neH vIbejta’, vaj po’wI’ jIHbe’ba’. maj.. qen, instagram vInaw’taHvIS, haradrim cosplayer vIlegh; ‘ej joqwI’ ‘uch nuvvam. haradrim ‘oS joqwI’vam, vaj joqwI’vamDaq wa’ Degh tu’lu’. Deghvam vIparHa’qu’mo’, ‘Internet vInaw’choH ‘ej tugh De’ vIneHbogh vISam! haradrim Degh vISam! Deghchaj’e’, ghargh lulo’ haradrimpu’; tera’ mamba rur gharghvam, ‘ej Doq joqwI’chaj. ‘Iw rur. SIbI’ haradrim joqwI’ vIleghta’, jIQub: Dojbej Deghvam, ‘ej valqu’ haradrim joqwI’. vaj, DaH, chaq vIghellu’qang; qatlh val joqwI’vam ? ‘a, jIjangpa’ Deghmey bopbogh mu’mey puS’e’ vIghItlhnIS.. potlhqu’ Deghmey. tlhoy potlh bIH. tayqeq naQ DellaH wa’ Degh; qechmeyDaj, qangtlhInDaj, ghobDaj DellaH je. ‘ej pIj, HarghtaHvIS tayqeqvam mangpu’, pIl’eghmoHmeH ‘ej taHlaHmeH, tayqeqchaj Degh luleghnIS.. ‘ach, wa’ DI’on potlhqu’ ghajnIS Deghvam ! napnIS.. napqu’nISbej. qatlh napqu’nIS ? wa meqmo’.. HarghtaHvIS wa’ mang, Degh leghDI’, SIbI’ vInDa’pu’Daj qawnIS; SIbI’ pIl’eghnISmoH. ‘ach tlhoy Qatlhchugh Degh, vaj ngoQvam chavlaHbe’. vaj, DaH, haradrim Degh wIqelqa’jaj.. wa’DIch: ‘IH. tera’ mamba rurbogh ghargh’e’.. cha’DIch: nap. ghargh neH ‘oH.. wejDIch: sauron lulajbogh nuvpu’’e’ chIwlaHbej.. ‘ej meqmeyvammo’, Dojqu’ haradrim Degh. ~ channgan qIj mordor DungDaq ‘al mIn Degh wewqu’taH Hurghchu’ghach Qeb

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Klingon Word of the Day: job
by Klingon Word of the Day 17 Oct '18

17 Oct '18

Klingon Word of the Day for Wednesday, October 17, 2018 Klingon word: job Part of speech: verb Definition: zigzag, be jagged Source: qep'a' 24 This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh(a)kli.org)

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'op ret or 'op (time period) ret ?
by mayqel qunenoS 17 Oct '18

17 Oct '18

Can we say just {'op ret}, or do we necessarily need to write some kind of time period right after the {'op} e.g. {'op tup ret} ? ~ channgan qIj

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The merits of cosplay
by mayqel qunenoS 16 Oct '18

16 Oct '18

pIj, instagram vInaw'taHvIS, sith cosplay mIllogh vIlegh, sith cosplay vImuSHa'mo'.. vaj, loDpu' be'pu' je vIlegh; sithpu' rurbogh loDpu''e' be'pu''e' je.. 'a Dojqu' wa' ngoD; pIj, instagram sith Doj law' star wars sith tutlh Doj puS ! pIj, instagram sith 'IH law' star wars sith tutlh 'IH puS. 'ej nuv motlh chaH instagram nuv'e'.. tlhIH jIH je nururbogh nuvpu''e'.. vaj, instagram sith vIleghtaHvIS, motlh jISIv; motlh jIghel'egh: qatlh sithpu' lIl nuvpu' motlh ? qatlh, Segh jallu'bogh lulIlnIS ? 'ej, ngugh vIt vItlhoj.. sith vIlle' chaHba'; 'a ngoDvam 'oHbe' meqchaj'e' neH. latlh meq tu'lu' je, 'ej meqvam potlh law' Hoch potlh puS. qaStaHvIS yIn, mavumnIS.. ghogh'ot DIDIllaHmeH mavumnIS, 'ej qaStaHvIS Hoch jaj, pIj DalchoH yIn.. vaj, DI'rujvam Dal lIjnISlu'; chaq qaStaHvIS rep puS neH, DI'rujvam Dal lIjlaH vay', 'a ngoQvam chavlaHchugh vay', vaj ghaHvaD potlhqu'. vaj, meqvammo' cosplay luqeq 'op nuv.. qaStaHvIS bel Qu'vam, nuv pIm lumojlaH, 'ej qaStaHvIS 'op poH, DI'ruj Dal luchoHlaH. ~ Da'atlh

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Thoughts on mu'qaS veS
by mayqel qunenoS 16 Oct '18

16 Oct '18

There is a school of thought in tlhIngan Hol learners, which says: Since you chose to learn a constructed language, you need to get “in-character”; you need to get the “feeling of this language”, by letting go of your native-language-habit, of insulting someone by the use of sexually-oriented words which would concern his mother. After all - this school of thought continues -, perhaps klingons wouldn’t find anything sexual offensive; perhaps they would be way more offended by the sound of {yIH muSHa’wI’} rather than “cocks***r”. I can partly understand this school of thought, at least as far as cosplaying is concerned. After all, during cosplay, one could expect klingons to express terran concepts, to the same degree one would expect orcs from the lord of the rings, to talk about phasers, photon torpedoes, and warp drives.. However, the extent of my willingness to agree with this school of though ends, the moment cosplay clothes are taken off, and real life begins. Klingon obviously started as the language of the fictitious star trek warrior race, however not all of the real-life-actually-breathing-on-this-earth people, learn it for the purpose of understanding star trek dialogues. And some of us don't even like klingons to start with.. So, here comes the second school of thought, that says: Klingon should at least have the vocabulary to construct the mu’qaD veS phrases needed in actual everyday life. And I always counted myself among the people of the second group.. I’m really sorry (actually not at all..), but I could never stop being irritated by the argument “klingons would never use this or that”. It is the money-laundering equivalent for “how do we justify the obvious inadequacies ? lets say, klingons would never say that”. And what irritates me is, that the vocabulary needed to construct real-life mu’qaD veS, should already exist. Lets talk about the vocabulary which concerns procreation.. We already have bogh, yatlh, nga’chuq.. But do we have a word for “penis” ? No.. Do we have a word for “vagina” ? No again.. For a baby to be born, first something needs to enter something.. And after a while, the baby has to come out of somewhere.. And it isn’t like I’m saying “we should have the vulgar versions of the male/female reproductive systems”; we could make due with the medical/scientific terms, as is the case with lay. Unfortunately though, klingon lacks these words, although we do have numerous words which describe the various body parts. So, I wonder.. Why is that ? Are we some kind of underaged children, who must at all costs never hear the f-word, let alone use it ? Or is it perhaps, that klingon mothers vuj their babies through their Sa’HutDu’, so there is no need for words which would describe their reproductive systems ? Sovba' qeylIS neH.. qeylIS neH.. ~ channgan qIj

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Klingon Word of the Day: quv
by Klingon Word of the Day 16 Oct '18

16 Oct '18

Klingon Word of the Day for Tuesday, October 16, 2018 Klingon word: quv Part of speech: noun Definition: honor Source: TKD-A (184 KE, 188 EK) This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh(a)kli.org)

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