tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Apr 11 12:22:24 1998
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Re: KLBC: tlhIHvaD jIlIH'egh
- From: Qov <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLBC: tlhIHvaD jIlIH'egh
- Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1998 12:19:55 -0700
At 08:54 98-04-11 -0700, SuSvaj wrote:
}>} wej be' moj puqbe'vam, 'ach Hem 'ej be' quv ghaj.
}>}This girl has not yet become a woman, but is proud and has a woman's
}>}honor.
}>
}>batlh Hol jatlh je be'vam! nughmaj muvta'mo' ghaH jIbel.
}>
}>A couple of points:
}>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.
}
}On p. 59 of TKW Okrand uses "batlh Hutlh" to say "He has no honor." In
}light of that, perhapse "be' batlh Hutlhbe'" would be the best choice to
}say, "She has a womans honor."
Thanks for the canon. Given that, I'm leaning further towards {batlh ghaj}.
I just wanted to state the caution against using {ghaj} wherever English
uses "have."
Qov [email protected]
Beginners' Grammarian