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RE: KLBC: My first post

ghItlh SuStel
>> I am also interested in what would be a good word/phrase to express the
>> Terran concept of Passion or Desire.
>
>Well, there's {neH} "want," but this is a little bland.  There's {parmaq}, 
>which is the Klingon idea of love, but it's not the Terran idea, and we're not 
>even sure yet if it's a noun.  Look for verbs, not nouns!  And let your 
>context decide your word choices.  I can easily tell you how to say something 
>in a particular context, but it's very difficult to try to translate words one 
>at a time.

I know a great verb for it: {nong} "be passionate."  I thought of this earlier,
but I had to wait for SuStel.
Qapla'
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