tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Feb 12 07:30:18 2008
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Re: Klingon WOTD: yaj (verb)
>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Tuesday, February 12, 2008.
>
>Klingon word: yaj
>Part of Speech: verb
>Definition: understand
Used in canon:
yaj'a'
Does he understand? TKD
jIyaj
I understand TKD
TKD 33f.: can be used when the speaker understands things in general,
knows what is going on, or understands what another speaker has just said.
It cannot, however, be used for understanding a language or understanding a
person.
jIyajbe'
I don't understand. TKD
jIyajchu'
I understand clearly. TKD
yajchu'
Understood clearly. (Clipped) TKD
yaj'a'
[Is that] Understood? (Clipped) TKD
jIyaj
Understood. TKD
baHwI', DoS yIbuS. QuQ neH. yaj'a'?
Gunner: Target engine only - Understood? ST3
yajchu', qaH.
Understood clearly, sir. ST3
ghu'maj Dayajbe'law', Sa'
[You don't seem to grasp our situation, General. (novel)] ST6
HIDjolev Dayaj'a', tera'ngan?
Do you understand the menu, Terran? CK
bIyaj'a'
Do you understand? PK
yIn DayajmeH 'oy' yISIQ
To understand life, endure pain. TKW
Dajatlhbogh vIyajlaHbe'
I find no match for what you just said. KCD
jaghpu' mo' wIyajnIS
We must understand the enemies' motive. (slang) KGT
tlhIngan Soj 'oH-?not bIyaj
It is Klingon foodyou will not understand. (idiom) (HQ 12.3)
{yajHa'} "misinterpret, misunderstand"
jIyajHa'. chay' jura'?
[I don't understand. What are your orders? (untranslated)] ST3
KGT 111: The phrase (often in the form {ngem Sarghmey tlha'laH} ["be able
to chase forest sarks"]) is now used to indicate that one is capable of
following anyone or anything--that is, that one is capable of understanding
even the most complex of discussions or of solving the most intricate of
problems.
Related verbs:
{Hon} "doubt"; {SIv} "wonder"; {Sov} "know"; {Qub} "think"; { tlhoj"
"realize"
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons