tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Jan 22 18:26:37 1998
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Re: qIp/ngeQ (was "Titanic" chov SuSvaj)
- From: TPO <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: qIp/ngeQ (was "Titanic" chov SuSvaj)
- Date: Thu, 22 Jan 1998 21:27:03 -0500
>No. I hit (qIp) the wall with my hand. My hand hit (ngeQ) the
>wall. My hand cannot hit (qIp) the wall. See? {ngeQ} means the
>thing which makes the impact hits the thing that is hit. {qIp}
>means the conscious entity hits the thing which is hit by
>controlling the thing which makes the impact. I fire a pistol
>and hit (qIp) the target. The bullet hits (ngeQ) the target.
>
>English confuses the matter by having two completely different
>meanings for the verb "hit". Klingon is clearer in this
>instance.
>
>charghwI'
When did ngeQ take on this meaning?
My books tell me:
qIp - hit (with something) (like you said above)
ngeQ - bump into, run into, collide with (sure, this is close to hit)
but don't forget:
mup - impact, strike (the bullet hits (mup) the target)
DloraH
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