tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Jul 22 07:17:31 2011
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RE: Context
I was going for "You don't understand the situation clearly" or "You don't quite understand the situation" (i.e. there are one or two fine points that you've missed).
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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
> -----Original Message-----
lojmIt tI'wI' nuv:
> 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'}.
>
>
> On Jul 22, 2011, at 9:09 AM, [Voragh] 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".
> >
> > 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:
> >
> > ghu'maj Dayajbe'law', Sa'
> > "You don't seem to grasp our situation, General."
> >
> > which could be modified:
> >
> > ghu' Dayajchu'be'
> > You clearly don't understand the context.