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Fw: KLBC nuqneH
- From: "Dan and Pat Crawford" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Fw: KLBC nuqneH
- Date: Wed, 21 Oct 1998 16:55:39 -0700
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From: Andeen, Eric <[email protected]>
To: Multiple recipients of list <[email protected]>
Date: miércoles 21 de octubre de 1998 13:42
Subject: RE: KLBC nuqneH
>lab [email protected]:
>
>> Ok this is also my first posting to this....so call me crazy but i
>> can't seem to figure out what this word means (Qapla') I know it's
>> used a lot in Klingon Grammer and also on quite a few of movies and
>> shows...But for the life of me i can't figure it out..I got the
>> Dictionary and maybe i am looking in the wrong place but if anyone
>> could help me figure it out it would be appreciated
>
><Qapla'> means "success". You can find it in the main Klingon-English
>section of the dictionary. It is in the <Q> section, not the <q> section.
In
>the transcription system we use to write Klingon, <Q> and <q> are different
>symbols. Other potentially confusing symbols are <ch>, <gh>, <ng>, <tlh>,
>and <'>. Each of these symbols represents a different sound in Klingon.
>
><Qapla'> is used a lot on the Star Trek television shows as a sort of
>generic hello/goodbye, and many beginners seem to use it this way as well.
>Klingons generally do NOT use it this way. Since most humans feel the need
>for some sort of greeting to begin and/or end a conversation, <nuqneH> and
><Qapla'> get used a lot. Klingons don't feel the need to do this; they
start
>their conversations by stating their business, and when they are finished,
>they leave.
>
><nuqneH>, which basically means "what do you want", is really the only
>Klingon greeting, and is probably only be used in situations where a human
>would say something like "what do you want". You would not go up to someone
>else and say <nuqneH> to start a conversation; you would just start
talking.
><nuqneH> is not considered rude.
>
><Qapla'> is often said between Klingons before a new mission or battle. It
>is meant to wish success, which usually means either victory or a glorious
>death. It would not be used (except sarcastically) for something like a
trip
>to the grocery store.
>
>Marc Okrand has talked about this a bit in the startrek.klingon forum. I
>don't have the post handy, but I will see if I can find it tonight.
>
>
>pagh
>Beginners' Grammarian
>
>