tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Feb 11 05:02:53 1994
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Re: prefixes on pronouns
- From: [email protected] (Marnen Laibow-Koser )
- Subject: Re: prefixes on pronouns
- Date: Fri, 11 Feb 94 17:58:22 EST
- In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>; from "Captain Krankor" at Feb 11, 94 3:44 pm
jatlh HoD'a'ma' Qanqor:
[...]
: So, ok, how would you do one where we really do mean *to be* the thing, not
: just to act like it? Here are versions with yISoH. Any alternatives?
:
: Worf, to Riker, who's vascillating (*again!*) about whether to accept
: yet another promotion to captain of some other ship:
:
: "HoD yISoHvIpQo'!" 'Don't be afraid to be [a] captain!'
Yeah, but if Worf said it, it would come out something like "hob yisovi'tlho'!"
*grin*
:
: Here, I don't think Da cuts it. We're not talking about behavior, we're talkin
: g
: about accepting the rank and actually *being* one.
tlhingan Hol puts a great emphasis on "becoming" vs. "being", as can be seen
from the frequent use of >-choH< in canon (at least this is my take on it). I'd
do >HoD yimojvipQo'< here -- he's not _already_ a captain, qar'a'?
:
: How about: Worf, talking to Odo:
:
: "tlhIngan yISoH!" 'Be a Klingon!'
:
: Here, Worf really *is* telling him to change form {{;-)
Once again, I'd use >moj< here.
:
: And a perhaps murkier one: Worf giving Data a costuming suggestion
: for the upcoming Halloween party in 10 Forward:
:
: "HaghmoHwI' yISoH" 'Be a clown.'
:
: We'll leave aside the issue of whether or not HaghmoHwI' is the best
: way to say "clown". {{:-)
>moj< works here as well. If we want to tell someone to keep being something
they already are, can we use >taH<?
:
: Food for thought.
...Qubghach Soj? ;>
:
: --Krankor
:
:
: P.S. HaghmoHwI' yISoH! HaghmoHwI' yISoH! HaghmoHwI' muSHa' qo' Hoch....
: (doesn't scan very well, does it?)
:
:
naDev HaghmoHwi' yingeH!
Qapla' Qichqemwi'vo'.
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