tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Jul 28 09:02:00 1998
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Re: KLBC - Qu'vatlh! qep'a'Daq jIjaH vIneH!
- From: Steven Boozer <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLBC - Qu'vatlh! qep'a'Daq jIjaH vIneH!
- Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 11:00:25 -0500 (CDT)
: jatlh tu'vel pach puqloD
: > Why can't /taH/ take an object?
:
: /taH/ is known to mean "continue, go on, endure." The canonical
: example is /taH pagh taHbe'/ from the dinner scene in STVI. Its
: subject is the thing that continues.
:
: Qov - Beginners' Grammarian
Other examples of {taH} in context are:
taHjaj boq (TKD p.173)
reH tlhIngan wo' taHjaj!
May the Klingon Empire continue forever! PK
(i.e. "Long live the Klingon Empire!")
reH tlhInganpu' taHjaj!
Klingons forever! PK
mataHmeH maSachnIS.
To survive, we must expand. TKW
narghbe'chugh SuvwI' qa' taH may'.
If the warrior's spirit has not escaped, the battle is still going on. TKW
taH tlhIngan wo'.
The Klingon empire survives. KGT
yItaH 'ej yIcheptaH!
Live long and prosper!
[Leonard Nimoy on UPN's ST 25th Anniversary Special (he probably got this
from Okrand, who also appeared on the show)]
Voragh "Grammatici certant et adhuc sub judice
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons lis est." - Horace, Ars Poetica