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-nIS [Re: I should kill you where you stand]

MorphemeAddict ([email protected])

• From: [email protected]
• Subject: -nIS [Re: I should kill you where you stand]
• Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 15:41:07 EST

In a message dated 11/20/2006 11:55:55 AM Central Standard Time, 
[email protected] writes:

> FYI here is {-nIS} "need, needs to, must" (V2: volition/predisposition) in 
> canon:
> 
> vIchennISmoH
> I need to create it. (st.klingon 11/97)
> 
> vIleghnIS
> I need to see him/her. TKD
> 
> bISopnIS
> You need to eat. TKD
> 
> De''e' vItlhapnISpu'
> I needed to get the INFORMATION.
> It was the information (and not something else) I needed. TKD
> 
> lupwI' DalIghnIS
> You must ride the jitney. CK
> 
> tIqlIj Da'angnIS
> You must show your heart. PK/TKW
> 
> DaH jIbwIj vISay'nISmoH
> I must wash my hair now. PK
> 
> DungDaq legh 'ej QotnIStaH romuluSngan be'pu'
> Romulan women belong on their backs! (ST5 notes)
> 
> DIHIvlaHtaHvIS DaH DIHIvnIS
> Attack them now, while we still can! ST6
> 
> poSDaq nIHDaq je QamtaHvIS SuvwI'pu', chaH jojDaq yItnIS lopwI'
> The initiate must pass through a gauntlet of warriors. S9
> 
> mataHmeH maSachnIS
> To survive, we must expand. TKW
> 
> pIpyuS pach DaSop DaneHchugh pIpyuS puS DaghornIS
> If you want to eat pipius claw, you'll have to break a few pipiuses. TKW
> 
> bISutlhnISchugh jaghlI' mInDu' tIbej
> If you must negotiate, watch your enemy's eyes. TKW
> 
> nIteb SuvnIS DevwI'
> A leader must stand alone ("A leader must fight alone"). TKW
> 
> ghob tIvnISbe'lu'
> One need not enjoy virtue. TKW
> ["The Klingon construction {tIvnISbe'} means 'does not need to enjoy'; 
> {tIvbe'nIS} would mean 'needs to not enjoy', an utterly different concept." 
> TKW 48]
> 
> bIQapqu'meH tar DaSop 'e' DatIvnIS
> To really succeed, you must enjoy eating poison. TKW
> 
> tIqwIj Sa'angnIS
> I must show you my heart. TKW
> 
> yInlu'taH 'e' bajnISlu'
> Survival must be earned. TKW
> 
> yay chavlu' 'e' bajnISlu'
> Victory must be earned. TKW
> 
> batlh Heghlu'chugh noDnISbe' vay'
> An honorable death requires no vengeance. TKW
> 
> qachuHnIS'a'
> Must I hurl a spear at you?
> (slang: "Do I have to clarify it for you?") KGT
> 
> qaleghnIS
> I need to see you. KGT
> 
> jaghpu' mo' wIyajnIS
> We must understand the enemies' motive. (slang) KGT
> 
> pujnISmoH
> he/she needs to weaken [somebody] (st.klingon 11/97)
> 
> Qochbe'nIS
> he/she/they need to not disagree (i.e. he/she/they need to 
> agree)(st.klingon 11/97)
> 
> QochnISbe'
> he/she/they do not need to disagree (st.klingon 11/97)
> 


Voragh, 
Here are some other instances of {-nIS} in canon:

[hf] "I need to find a doctor." 
[mo] {Qel vISamnIS.} [CK]

[km] "Then you need to drink sour tea." 
[mo] {vaj Dargh wIb DatlhutlhnIS.} [CK]

{bIleSnIS}
You need a rest.    [TKD pp. 52, 171] 

{maSopnISbej}
We certainly need to eat.   [KGT p.180]

[km] "Check­out time is five a.m." 
[mo] {vagh rep bImejnIS.} 
[Lit. "You need to leave (at) five hours."] [CK]

And two instances of {-nIS} with rover {-be'}:

tIvbe'nIS = needs to not enjoy (TKW p. 48)

tIvnISbe' = does not need to enjoy (TKW p. 48)

lay'tel SIvten

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