tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Jan 13 09:05:33 2014
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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: Qub
> Klingon Word of the Day for Saturday, January 11, 2014
>
> Klingon word: Qub
> Part of speech: verb
> Definition: think
> Source: TKD
{Qub} is surprisingly rare in canon, only appearing as examples in grammatical explanations. (Does it occur in paq'batlh?):
... 'e' DaQub'a'
Do you think that...?" (st.k)
tlhIngan Hol Dajatlh 'e' vIQub
I think that you speak Klingon" (st.k)
Qubchu' tlhIngan SuvwI'
The Klingon warrior thinks clearly. KGT
st.klingon: The correct way to say "Do you think that...?" is {... 'e' DaQub'a'?} ({'e'} is "that", referring to something that precedes it in the sentence or in the discussion; {DaQub'a'} is "do you think it?".
st.klingon (7/01/97): All four words asked about... can be used in the construction {S 'e' V}, where S is a sentence, {'e'} is the pronoun (that) which refers to a previous topic (in this case S), and V is one of the verbs listed above (as well as some others). If the sentence (S) is {tlhIngan Hol Dajatlh} "you speak Klingon", it's OK to say... {tlhIngan Hol Dajatlh 'e' vIQub} "I think that you speak Klingon".
KGT 148f.: Literally "be vertical", this word [{chong}] is used to refer to one's intellect, as in {chong tlhIngan SuvwI'} ("The Klingon warrior is profound"--literally, "The Klingon warrior is vertical"). In its literal sense, this word is the opposite of {SaS} ("be horizontal"), and as a slang term, it is an opposite as well, as {SaS} is used to mean "be shallow, superficial" ... An equivalent meaning may be expressed without slang by using a word such as {Qubchu'} ("think perfectly, think clearly"), as in {Qubchu' tlhIngan SuvwI'} ("The Klingon warrior thinks clearly").
Similar words:
buS think only about (v)
Hon doubt (v)
meq reason (v)
qel take into account, consider (v)
SIv wonder (v)
Sov know (v)
tlhoj realize (v)
yaj understand (v)
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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