tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Oct 01 10:00:34 1996
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Re: (KLBC) Re: tlhIngan Hol chu' ghojwI'. jIH ghaj pung.
>Date: Sat, 28 Sep 1996 13:57:17 -0700
>From: [email protected]
>96-09-28 12:06:16 EDT, vay''e' pongbe'bogh trI'Qal jang HoDma':
>"Having mercy" is probably idiomatic, since one can "be merciful," mean
>exactly the same thing, and yet not *possess* something. However, there is
>at least one other example in Klingon (perhaps more), which exhibits this
>sort of idea:
>pIch vIghajbe'
>"It's not my fault." (TKD, opposite inside cover and p.170)
>I also seem to remember another example, but I don't know the reference:
>DIch vIghajbe'
>"I'm not sure." (ref: I may have made this up myself; DIch vIghajbe'!)
You didn't make it up (well, maybe you did ALSO), nor is it canon. It's
something that's become pretty common among us Klingonists; I know Krankor
and I use it. I remember when we started; I was trying to think how to use
"DIch" in this sentence and thought of "ghaj" but realized that maybe it
was litteral possession... and then I remembered "pIch vIghajbe'" and took
that as support for DIch ghaj. Not a certainty, though!
~mark