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

André Müller ([email protected])



<div dir="ltr"><div><div>&gt; Does it occur in paq&#39;batlh?<br><br></div>No, there&#39;s no instance of Qub in the paq&#39;batlh either. Maybe a pun with {qub} which means &#39;to be rare&#39;? ;)<br></div><div>I guess not.<br>
</div><div><br></div>- André<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2014/1/13 Steven Boozer <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:[email protected]"; target="_blank">[email protected]</a>&gt;</span><br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">&gt; Klingon Word of the Day for Saturday, January 11, 2014<br>
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&gt; Klingon word: Qub<br>
&gt; Part of speech: verb<br>
&gt; Definition: think<br>
&gt; Source: TKD<br>
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{Qub} is surprisingly rare in canon, only appearing as examples in grammatical explanations.  (Does it occur in paq&#39;batlh?):<br>
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  ... &#39;e&#39; DaQub&#39;a&#39;<br>
  Do you think that...?&quot; (st.k)<br>
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  tlhIngan Hol Dajatlh &#39;e&#39; vIQub<br>
  I think that you speak Klingon&quot; (st.k)<br>
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  Qubchu&#39; tlhIngan SuvwI&#39;<br>
  The Klingon warrior thinks clearly. KGT<br>
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st.klingon:  The correct way to say &quot;Do you think that...?&quot; is {... &#39;e&#39; DaQub&#39;a&#39;?} ({&#39;e&#39;} is &quot;that&quot;, referring to something that precedes it in the sentence or in the discussion; {DaQub&#39;a&#39;} is &quot;do you think it?&quot;.<br>

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st.klingon (7/01/97):  All four words asked about... can be used in the construction {S &#39;e&#39; V}, where S is a sentence, {&#39;e&#39;} 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} &quot;you speak Klingon&quot;, it&#39;s OK to say... {tlhIngan Hol Dajatlh &#39;e&#39; vIQub} &quot;I think that you speak Klingon&quot;.<br>

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KGT 148f.:  Literally &quot;be vertical&quot;, this word [{chong}] is used to refer to one&#39;s intellect, as in {chong tlhIngan SuvwI&#39;} (&quot;The Klingon warrior is profound&quot;--literally, &quot;The Klingon warrior is vertical&quot;). In its literal sense, this word is the opposite of {SaS} (&quot;be horizontal&quot;), and as a slang term, it is an opposite as well, as {SaS} is used to mean &quot;be shallow, superficial&quot; ... An equivalent meaning may be expressed without slang by using a word such as {Qubchu&#39;} (&quot;think perfectly, think clearly&quot;), as in {Qubchu&#39; tlhIngan SuvwI&#39;} (&quot;The Klingon warrior thinks clearly&quot;).<br>

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Similar words:<br>
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buS             think only about (v)<br>
Hon             doubt (v)<br>
meq             reason (v)<br>
qel             take into account, consider (v)<br>
SIv             wonder (v)<br>
Sov             know (v)<br>
tlhoj   realize (v)<br>
yaj             understand (v)<br>
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--<br>
Voragh<br>
Ca&#39;Non Master of the Klingons<br>
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