tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Jul 22 06:57:29 2011
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Re: Context
Actually, I'd interpret your last sentence to mean "You imperfectly understand the situation." For "You clearly do not understand the context," I'd have expected {ghu' Dayajbe'chu'} or {gnu' Dayajbe'ba'}.
pItlh.
lojmIt tI'wI' nuv
On Jul 22, 2011, at 9:09 AM, Steven Boozer wrote:
> lojmit tI'wI'nuv:
>> Given how often Okrand has explained that aspects of the language requires
>> context to comprehend detail, it is ironic that he has not given us a word for
>> "context".
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> Nor words for "surroundings", "environment" or "topic" for that matter. The closest equivalent I can think of is {ghu'} "situation" or {wanI'} "phenomenon, event, occurrence". There's a line by Azetbur in the ST6 novel:
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> ghu'maj Dayajbe'law', Sa'
> "You don't seem to grasp our situation, General."
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> which could be modified:
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> ghu' Dayajchu'be'
> You clearly don't understand the context.
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> Voragh
> Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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