On Apr 10, 2023, at 11:22 AM, luis.chaparro wrote:
But sometimes you don't mean *It's late in the day*, but rather *It's late for something*, like in *It's late, we should go now or we will miss the train*. How could that be rendered in Klingon?
Idiomatically. You could say {vIHtaH gho} “the hoop is moving” in order to indicate that the chance to do something is about to end. You could indicate an impending deadline with {pel'aq ghorpa' mamejnIS} “before it breaks the shell…” If you prefer to be literal, you could say {DaH mamejnISbe' mapaSchoH ‘ej nulon lupwI'} “if we don’t leave now we will be late and the bus will abandon us.” You always get better answers when you ask specific questions instead of being vague and general. — ghunchu'wI'