tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Feb 16 12:02:41 1999
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Re: KLBC: Complex sentences
:: "I think you are stupid."
:
: ja' peHruS:
: >I wish to add that I am surprised that we have yet to see anyone talk about
: >the verb suffix type 6 -law' used as "I think that; I suspect that." (TKD p
: >40, 4.2.6). bIQIplaw' for one sentence above, [snip]
:
: The qualification suffixes are useful for making a distinction between
: {bIQIplaw'} "I think you're stupid" and {bIQIpbej} "I'm sure you're stupid."
: However, if you just want to express your opinion of someone's stupidity,
: {bIQIp 'e' vIQub} is fine.
:
: -- ghunchu'wI'
Some examples with non-literal translations...
A simple statement of fact:
bIQIp.
You're stupid.
This is my carefully considered, unemotional evaluation of you after weighing all the evidence:
bIQIp 'e' vIQub.
I think that you are stupid.
Versus using the more emotional Type 6 qualification suffixes...
My initial impression:
bIQIpba'.
What an idiot you are!
Okay, there's still room for doubt, I haven't quite made up my mind yet:
bIQIplaw'.
I think you're stupid.
bIQIplaw''a'?
Are you stupid or what? Can you really be that stupid!?
You're so stupid that I won't even bother to engage you in discusssion:
bIQIpbej.
You're an idiot.
The same, even stronger:
bIQIpchu'.
You're a complete idiot.
Ah, Klingon is such an expressive language!
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons