tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Nov 25 20:01:19 1996
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Re: KLBC - write and good
- From: Steven Boozer <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLBC - write and good
- Date: Mon, 25 Nov 96 21:59:50 CST
- In-Reply-To: Your message of Mon, 25 Nov 1996 18:28:34 -0800
>>From: "David Trimboli" <[email protected]>
>> tlhIngan Hol vIjatlhtaH 'e' vIDub
>> I improve that I speak Klingon.
>
>Another of those transitivity questions. Does "Dub" mean "get better" or
>"make something else better"? Maybe it should be DubmoH?
ghobe'. {Dub} is transitive in canon:
SuvwI' vI' Dub naQvam ... (S14)
This serves to steady the aim of a warrior ...
(lit. "This [disruptor rifle] stock improves a warrior's marksmanship")
DuraS tuq tlhIngan yejquv patlh luDub 'e' reH lunIDtaH DuraS be'nI'pu'
lurSa' be'etor je. (S26)
The sisters of the House of Duras, Lursa and B'Etor, are constantly
seeking a higher standing for the House of Duras within the Klingon
High Council.
(I'll leave parsing this sentence as an exercise for the reader, but the
OVS core is: patlh luDub be'nI'pu'. )
>I'm not sure using it with 'e' is clear, though it might be. One could
>also say "tlhIngan Hol vIjatlhtaHvIS jIDub," perhaps.
>
>~mark
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons