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Re: Return With Honour

...Paul ([email protected]) [KLI Member] 

On Mon, 18 Dec 2006, Doq wrote:
> tlhIngan vav qech vImugh. tlhoy mu'mey natlh tera'nganpu'. pIj <<'e'

mu' natlhlaHbe'lu' 'ach tlhoy  mu' lo'lu'.  :)

One can't "use up" words, but one can use words excessively.  :)

> vIHar>> jatlh. vay' DaHarbe'chugh, Dajatlhbe'ba', qar'a'? toH! qatlh
> <<'e' vIHar>> Dajatlh? jatlhtaHvIS tera'nganpu' mu'mey 'Iq luQoylu'.

jaS maHarchugh, maQoch 'ach chaq qaHar. maQoch 'e' vIHarchugh, <<'e' 
vIHar>> vIjatlh.  vaj qatIchbe'.  maQochmo' qajatlhbe'chugh, maghojlaHbe'.

If we believe differently, we disagree -- but perhaps I still believe you. 
If I believe we'll disagree, I say /'e' vIHar/.  Then I don't insult you. 
If I didn't speak to you because we disagreed, we'd not be able to learn 
anything.

>> Damughchu' DaneHchugh, yapbe' mu'tlheghvetlh.
>
> vaj mughchu'meH tlhoy mu'mey 'Iq DanatlhnIS 'e' DaHar. wejpuH.

Conversational Klingon tells us that "Klingons may be inaccurate, but they 
are never approximate."  (Hmm, how to convey 'approximate' in Klingon?)

> molpa' lomvo' nuHmey Datlhap. ghIq Heghpu'bogh SuvwI'pu' DaghuHmoHmeH
> DajachnIS. Sumchugh juHlIj He'So'be'meH lom DamolnIS. Sumchugh jagh
> juH, yImolQo'.

tlhIngan Hol majatlh 'ach tlhInganpu' bopbe' mu'maj.  ngaSwI'Daq lomchaj 
mol tera'nganpu' 'ej tera'nganpu' bop mu'maj.

We're speaking Klingon, but our words aren't solely about Klingons. 
Humans bury their corpses in containers, and our words are about humans.

> pImchu' chovnatlhmeyvam. <<qaStaHvIS wa' ram loS SaD Hugh SIjlaH
> qetbogh loD>> qaja'DI' qaqeS. <<nuv law' vIHoHlaH>> qaja'DI' jImIy neH.

'ach rap qech...  :)  vIt mIylu'chugh, qeSlu'.  tlhoy mu'mey lo'be'chugh 
tlhInganpu', qatlh <<loS SaD Hugh>> jatlh 'ej <<Hugh law'>> jatlhbe'?  rut 
ngajbe' mu'tlhegh qaq, 'ach 'IHnIS; QoQ rur.

But the idea is the same...  :)  If Klingons do not use too many words, 
why do they say "four thousand throats" and not "many throats"?  Sometimes 
the preferable sentence is not short, but must be beautiful, like music.

...Paul

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