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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: jang

Noah Bogart ([email protected]) 

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As used in canon:<br>
<br>
  jang &#39;avwI&#39; &lt;&lt;jIghung je&gt;&gt;<br>
  The guard replies, &quot;I am also hungry.&quot; PK<br>
<br>
  jang &#39;avwI&#39; &lt;&lt;jI&#39;oj je&gt;&gt;<br>
  The guard replies, &quot;I am also thirsty.&quot; PK<br>
<br>
  jang &#39;avwI&#39; &lt;&lt;lIchopbe&#39;chugh ghewmey!&gt;&gt;<br>
  The guard answers, &quot;If the bugs do not bite you!&quot; PK<br>
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Related verbs:<br>
{ghel} &quot;ask (a question)&quot;, {yu&#39;} &quot;question, interrogate&quot; &amp; {tlhob} &quot;ask, request, plead&quot;<br>
<br>
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Mark Okrand described the use of {jang} in an interview with Will Martin (HolQeD [Dec. 1998: p.4-7]):<br>
<br>
   [....]<br>
<br>
WM:   Just to mention particular verbs in terms of whether they can be<br>
      used for speech or not, you are saying that {ghel} is a word that<br>
      would probably not be used typically as a verb of speech. That<br>
      even if you are asking a question you would still tend to use<br>
      {ja&#39;} or {jatlh}.<br>
<br>
MO:   Yes. &quot;He asked me. He said,&#39;blah, blah, blah&#39;.&quot; Or &quot;He said,<br>
      &#39;blah, blah, blah.&#39; He asked me.&quot;  It doesn&#39;t matter.<br>
<br>
WM:   {jang} - &quot;answer&quot; would be similar?<br>
<br>
MO:   Yes.<br>
<br>
WM:   And {tlhob} would similarly be...<br>
<br>
MO:   {tlhob} also has the non-quoting sense.<br>
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   [....]<br></blockquote><div><br>The Power Klingon examples seem to contradict the HolQeD conversation, don&#39;t they? PK doesn&#39;t have: {jang &#39;avwI&#39;. jatlh &lt;&lt;jI&#39;oj je&gt;&gt;}, which is what MO was suggesting, right?<br>
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