tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Nov 13 11:14:32 1997
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Re: KLBC naDev jIchu'
- From: "Robyn Stewart" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLBC naDev jIchu'
- Date: Thu, 13 Nov 1997 11:14:46 PST
- Organization: NLK Consultants, Inc.
- Priority: normal
Doneq
>ghItlh Qov
>> >> }ghItlh Alan Anderson
>> >> }> ["Worf and Gowron. We're Klingons," says one Klingon
>> >> }> truthfully.] ja' charghwI':
>> >> }> ><wo'rIv ghawran je. tlhIngan maH!> ja' wa' tlhIngan 'ej vIt
>[pe']
>> >> It's clipped imperative, the correct way to address pets. From
>> >> one of the audio tapes. It means "Bite that arm off" literally
>> >> "Bite that arm! Separate it!"
>[pe']
>> "Why do you leave 'ej out" is a valid question, and the answer is
>> just, that's the way it seems to be done with the Klingon
>> imperative. Consider other examples like:
>
>imperative? "[...], says one Klingon truthfully." Where does that
>imperative come from? Kahless dropped it to us from the sky? :) When
>I wrote the story, I had absolutely no intention of using
>imperatives. {vIt} means simply "He speaks the truth" here.
I answered only the question "What does {'uSvetlh chop chev} mean?"
If I attached my answer to the wrong post, or misedited the one I was
following up to, I apologize for any confusion I caused anyone.
- Qov