tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Dec 19 12:36:25 2007
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Re: pu'jIn
ghel lay'tel:
> DIp 'oH {pu'jIn} 'e' vIloy, 'ach wot 'oHlaH'a' je?
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> yoSwIj Dapu'jIn'a'?
This question makes sense to an english speaker indeed, who can "map" a "map".
Apart from the point that we do not know many bisyllabilic verbs in klingon, we must see the translation for {pu'jIn} like a real noun. In german, a map is called "Landkarte" or "Stadtplan", which is literally "land-card" and "city-plan".
So using {pu'jIn} as a verb sounds to me like using refrigerator as a verb.
Greetz,
Quvar 'utlh.
aka
Lieven.
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