Sev Trek 1
Saul Epstein 
Sat, 23 May 1998 15:12:15 -0500

Well, the missing words have arrived! Here's the tentative working
translation that I'm giving to John "Sev" Cook.

G:   qa en'^q'xetid eu'ip s'hi lahe, barfa?

qa en'-^q'(xe))))))))))tid  e---------u'ip  s'--hi 
?  it--bo((PROGRESSIVE)ther INVISIBLE-thing you-ACCUSATIVE 
la----he       barf-a
PRESENT-LOCATIVE Barf-VOCATIVE

"Is something bothering you, Barf?


B:   nirc th'^q'tsutid. s'nitsudroi qantca' lehe?

nirc th'-^q'(tsu)))))tid.  
no   I---bo((PERFECT)ther.  
s'--ni(tsu)))))droi qan--tca'     le-he
you-a((PERFECT)sk   what-ABLATIVE PAST1-LOCATIVE

"I'm not bothered. Why do you ask?"


G:   basro s'yulu.

ba-----sro      s'--yulu
planar-sine you-forehead

"You have a furrowed brow."


B:   its th'klingofwimic; aaz, s'iihoia.

its           th'-klingof--wimic    a(((a)))))))))z 
MINOR PREMISE I---Klingoff-IDENTITY CON(INTENSIVE)CLUSION 
s'--i(((i)))))))))hoi-a
you-foo(INTENSIVE)l---VOCATIVE

"I am a Klingoff, with everything that implies, you fool!"


I've created a GIF presenting this in a semi-idealized transcription
for John to base his lettering on. It's on the web at

     http://www,jccc,net/~sepstein/vald/sev1,gif

I think, in addition, that Rob is about to inundate us with words, so
that will give us more to work with in the future...

--
from Saul Epstein
locus,planetkc,com
www,jccc,net/~sepstein
"Surak ow'phaaper thes'hi thes'tca'; thes'phaadjar thes'hi
     suraketca'."
                                        -- K'dvarin Urswhl'at