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miss the target

MorphemeAddict ([email protected])

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• Subject: miss the target
• Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2004 19:43:14 EDT

Since hitting a target or targets is {DoS/ray' qIp}, which is better for 
missing a target:  {DoS qIpbe'} or {DoS qIpHa'}?  
In English, missing a target is usually the same as not hitting it.  But 
missing a target implies trying to hit it and failing.  Not hitting doesn't always 
have this implication.  If I haven't hit the target, it may be because I 
haven't shot yet.  

Does (or *can*) Klingon make this distinction using {qIp}? 

Or does {qIpHa'} mean something different from missing (a target)?

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