August 2018 - tlhIngan-Hol

Narration
by SuStel 19 Aug '18

19 Aug '18

Would someone with Marc's email address ask him how Klingons relate stories? In English it is customary to tell stories in the past tense, though sometimes we use the "historical present." I'm especially interested in whether Klingons perceive a "present moment" in storytelling, or whether the entire story is being looked at from after the end. In the latter case, perfective suffixes will be needed a lot more. An example. If a Klingon child were to ask his parent, *nuqDaq jIboghpu'?* /Where was I born?/ a parent without a story might answer, *veng wa'DIch ropyaHDaq bIboghpu'.*/You were born in First City Hospital./ It's all done and being looked at from the outside, so these sentences are perfective. But suppose the Klingon has to tell a story to explain the birth. Which one of these is the way it would be told—or is there some other style? Point of view follows the narrative: *yatlhtaHvIS SoSlI', wa' jaj HarghtaH yo'maj jagh yo' je. jIHvaD Qum ropyaH; jatlh «boghchoHmoHpu' be'nallI'! SIbI' naDev ghoS!» may' vInarghlaHbe', nuDechmo' jaghma'. jaghvaD jIjach; jIjatlh «boghtaH puqwI'! jISaHlaHbe'chugh, ghogh'ot SaDIlmoHbej!» SIbI' jegh jaghma' 'ej veng wa'DIch ropyaHDaq muDor. ghIq bIbogh.* Point of view is from after all of the events of the story are already completed: *yatlhtaHvIS SoSlI', wa' jaj HarghtaH yo'maj jagh yo' je. jIHvaD Qumpu' ropyaH; jatlhpu' «boghchoHmoHpu' be'nallI'! SIbI' naDev ghoS!» may' vInarghlaHbe', nuDechpu'mo' jaghma'. jaghvaD jIjachpu'; jIjatlhpu' «boghtaH puqwI'! jISaHlaHbe'chugh, ghogh'ot SaDIlmoHbej!» SIbI' jegh rIntaH jaghma' 'ej veng wa'DIch ropyaHDaq muDorta'. ghIq bIboghpu'.* ** -- SuStel http://trimboli.name

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Hatlh tawmey, juHDaq HIDev
by Daniel Dadap 19 Aug '18

19 Aug '18

I wrote the line in the subject of this email as a joke, then couldn’t stop myself from attempting to translate the rest of the song. I’m fairly certain that the “she” referred to in various places is supposed to be West Virginia, which should probably be translated as “'oH” instead of “ghaH”, but I’ve chosen to translate it as “ghaH” for poetic reasons and just in case “she” was intended to be a person in the English version. tlhoS Suto'vo'qor, vIrjInya' 'ev SuDbogh Su'nIm HuDmey, bIqtIq Sen'anDowa' pa' yIn ngo' law' pa' Sormey ngo' puS yIn chu' law' HuD chu' puS; SuStaHvIS 'oH rur SuS Almost Sto-Vo-Kor, area northwest of Virginia Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah river Life there is older than the trees there Life is newer than the mountains; while it is blowing a breeze resembles it mu' bomqa'lu'bogh: Hatlh tawmey, juHDaq HIDev DaqwIj 'oHbe'mo' naDev vIrjInya' 'ev, HuD'a' SoSoy juHDaq HIDev, Hatlh tawmey Chorus; Country roads, lead me home Because here is not my place Area northwest of Virginia, mountain mama Lead me home, country roads ghaH boptaH wov'onmeywIj Hoch tlhIlwI' be' ghaH, 'ej not bIQ SuD SovchoH Hurgh 'ej lam, chalDaq mIllogh chenmoHlu' wovtaHbogh maS wejwa', SaQtaHbogh mInDu' All of my memories are about her She is a miner’s woman, and she never began to know blue water Dark and dirty, in the sky a picture is made The flavor of the shining moon, eyes that are crying (mu' bomqa'lu'bogh tIbomqa') (Repeat chorus) ghoghDaj vIQoy; qaStaHvIS po murIttaH jIHvaD juHwIj Hop qawmoHtaH wab HevwI' tawDaq jISeDtaHvIS, pay' jItIw 'ej wa'Hu juH vIpawnIS 'e' vIHar, 'e' vIHar I hear her voice; during the morning she is summoning me The sound receiver is reminding me of my distant home While I am driving on the road, suddenly I react emotionally And I believe that should have arrived home yesterday, I believe it (cha'logh mu' bomqa'lu'bogh tIbomqa') (Repeat chorus two times) juHDaq HIDev, Hatlh taw tIlo' juHDaq HIDev, Hatlh taw tIlo' Lead me home, use country roads Lead me home, use country roads

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Alpha
by Juliana Bukoski 18 Aug '18

18 Aug '18

wa'Hu' much chu' "Alpha" vIbej. ben law' qaS lut (Saj ghajpa' Humanpu') 'ej wamwI' Qup bop. Dajqu', DIvI' Hol lujatlhbe'mo' loDHom, chuDDaj je. juHwIj vIcheghDI', HolDaj bopbogh De' vInej, 'ach pagh vISamlaH. Holmey bopbogh ngoD law' SuSov tlhIH, vaj Satlhob: nuq 'oH Holvam'e'? Sov'a' vay'? I just saw the new movie "Alpha" and happily the prehistoric humans did not speak English, but I can't find any information on what they were speaking. Just wondering if anyone happens to know anything about it? Juliana

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Klingon Word of the Day: yorgh
by Klingon Word of the Day 17 Aug '18

17 Aug '18

Klingon Word of the Day for Friday, August 17, 2018 Klingon word: yorgh Part of speech: noun Definition: shelf, bookshelf, fixed or non-fixed (general term) Source: qep'a' 23 This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh(a)kli.org)

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Klingon Word of the Day: tonSaw'
by Klingon Word of the Day 16 Aug '18

16 Aug '18

Klingon Word of the Day for Thursday, August 16, 2018 Klingon word: tonSaw' Part of speech: noun Definition: fighting technique Source: KGT (228 KE, 242 EK) This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh(a)kli.org)

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Klingon Word of the Day: neSlo'
by Klingon Word of the Day 16 Aug '18

16 Aug '18

Klingon Word of the Day for Wednesday, August 15, 2018 Klingon word: neSlo' Part of speech: noun Definition: small mirror Source: HQ (10:4 p5) This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh(a)kli.org)

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maSHommey ru’
by Steven Boozer 16 Aug '18

16 Aug '18

chaq maSHommey ru’ lughaj tera’: http://www.foxnews.com/science/2018/08/16/earth-has-minimoons-and-may-solve… -- Voragh Ca'Non Master of the Klingons

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boSwI'jIH
by Michael Roney, Jr. 16 Aug '18

16 Aug '18

Does anyone happen to have an extra copy of HolQeD1.21.45.35.4 Or Skybox cardS31 that they'd be willing to part with? Or any of the non English, non German works? ~naHQun

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Klingon Word of the Day: HovpoH
by Klingon Word of the Day 15 Aug '18

15 Aug '18

Klingon Word of the Day for Tuesday, August 14, 2018 Klingon word: HovpoH Part of speech: noun Definition: stardate Source: KGT This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh(a)kli.org)

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GermanyDaq jatlhwI'pu'
by seruq 14 Aug '18

14 Aug '18

Bitburg vISuchtaH. BitburgDaq Sum'a' tlhIngan Hol jatlhwI'pu'? chaq maqIH/ghom. jem'IH vISuchta'. latlh pIgh vISuch je vIneH. - DloraH

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