tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Apr 10 22:29:49 1998
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Re: KLBC: tlhIHvaD jIlIH'egh
- From: "Qermaq" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLBC: tlhIHvaD jIlIH'egh
- Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1998 01:34:50 -0400
ghItlh Qov:
>1. "have honor" may be an English idiom. We have patience, have honour,
>have a fit, have time ... Klingons may use {ghaj} only for actual
possessions.
<pIch vIghajbe'> "It's not my fault," lit. "I do not have (the) blame."
Doch 'oHbe'bogh vay''e' ghajba'lu', 'ach chaq *batlh* wIghajlaHbe'. (I was
going to write <ghajluHbe'> but I felt the ramifications were not important
enough to face...)
>{paghHom}. That's an interesting word. Not everyone will like it, but I do.
>Less controversially, you could say {rut jatlh}. "She seldom speaks."
But the real problem I see is <jatlh>. The object is the type of thing
spoken, as a language or a speech. <rut jatlh> is extremely more acceptable
to me. What is <paghHom> anyway? It's clever, but feels off-the-mark. Maybe
it's just me.
Qov yIQoy. batlh DuDev.
Listen to Qov. She will guide you honorably.
Qermaq