tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Aug 03 08:28:23 1996
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RE: I think, therefore I am
- From: "Kenneth Traft" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: I think, therefore I am
- Date: Sat, 3 Aug 96 14:48:18 UT
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From: [email protected] on behalf of Roger Cheesbro
Sent: Friday, July 19, 1996 11:23 PM
>For Klingon, I would make use of {mo'}:
>{jIQubmo' jIH} "Because I think, I am."
>{jIQubtaH, vaj jIH} could be construed as "I am thinking. I am a warrior".
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>-marqoS
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Here Qub is a verb. -mo' is a noun suffix
vaj does mean warrior but I have never seen used as such, everyone uses
SuvwI'.
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Sorry if this was already pointed out -- I'm trying to get everything, but
It's faster than my free time allows. TKD 4.2.9 (pg 175) Verb Suffix <-mo>.
While <SuvwI'> is generally used and most of the Klingon canonical examples
use it there has been precedence used for <vaj> in a noun-noun construct:
vaj toDuj = warrior's mettle (TKW)
I believe it was used elsewhere but I can't say for sure. I don't think we
should discourage it's use. I may be a little prejudiced because Glen used in
in his Bible translation "vaj SeghvaD De' QaQ".
Oftentimes one example is enough to allow us to run wild with it as the above
two noun-noun consturctions.
Although in the example above, it seems they generally would use SuvwI'.