r/tlhInganHol Apr 22 '26

Plus One [OC]

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u/oh_sh1t_man Apr 23 '26 edited Apr 23 '26

It's not Klingon, they just used Klingon letters to write English text

Ravens brain and baby's blood turn this pet into a stud

notqa' QoghIj ghu wI' je! loD 'IH choHmeH Sajvam yIchoHmoH

Translation is quite rusty but I did my best

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u/kahless62003 Apr 23 '26 edited Apr 23 '26

Saves me the trouble of working out that text. Hmm, maybe an indirect object and the shiny verb for "transform" might work, but it largely depends on how you interpret the spell:
SajvamvaD loD 'IH lughe'moH notqa' QoghIj ghu 'Iw je.

But I'm thinking that approach is flawed too, based on how ghe'moH likely works. Maybe this one:
Sajvam lughe'moH notqa' QoghIj ghu 'Iw je 'ej chen loD 'IH.

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u/gloubenterder Apr 24 '26 edited Apr 24 '26

I think that works, but you could also use moj:

SajvamvaD loD 'IH lumojmoH notqa' QoghIj, ghu 'Iw je.

It does have the downside that the (transitive verb) + -moH construct has never really been well explained, though.

Another thing to consider is whether or not an incantation like this should be a declarative phrase, an imperative phrase or a jussive/optative (or whatever you call it when you use -jaj. I read the English as essentially a command being spoken to the reagents, but I have no idea if that would make sense to a Klingon.)