tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Apr 17 10:41:07 2002
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Re: to' nech, 051-061
> > K: beqvaD jo' yIlan.
> > Gloss: Replace a crewman with a machine.
> > [I'm unsure of the choice of verb, and of the argument structure.]
>
> I like the Klingon sentence here; it has a slightly different feel, but
> it seems to come out to the same thing as the gloss ultimately.
>
> Without context, it's a little vague. It's unclear whether the
> beneficiary (beq) actually benefits from the action, or is affected
> by it, or what.
We also have the words:
lIw - substitute (temporary)(n)
qa'meH - replacement (permanent)(n)
tam - substitute, exchange (v)
DloraH, BG