tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Feb 24 21:08:54 1994

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Re: KLBC: All Permutations...

HoD Qanqorvo':
     *    *    *

Anybody saying, say, chovIH, for "You move me"
cannot be told they are WRONG.  The dict provides simple "move" (as
opposed to "be in motion") in *both* directions, and this is enough
to provide for the possibility that "be in motion" is not a
clarification, it is an extension.
     [...]
The conclusion comes from advanced analysis, and is far from
air-tight.

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qaQochnIS 'e' vItlhIjneS.  Although the key is obscure and easily
overlooked (as it has been), it is right out in the open.  I
posted a pointer to it last night and will quote it now:

"For ease of reference, English entries in the English-Klingon
section of this dictionary begin with the word that the user
would most likely be looking for, even though this may at times
be grammatically incorrect.  This first word is, when
appropriate, followed by the correct translation.  For example,
English adjectives (e.g., *bold*) correspond to Klingon verbs,
most accurately translated using the English verb *to be* (e.g.,
*be bold*).  All such words are entered with the adjective first,
followed by the accurate translation (e.g., *bold, be bold*). 
Similarly, when a Klingon word is translated into an English
phrase (e.g., *have a headache*), the first word in the English
entry is the key word in the phrase, followed by the proper
translation (e.g., *headache, have a headache*)."

This is the last paragraph of the Introductory Remarks to the
Dictionary section of TKD; it runs from the last line of page 78
to the end of text on page 79.  Applying it to the definition of
vIH ("move, be in motion (v)" on both sides), I infer that vIH
translates English "move" in the sense of "be in motion", but not
in the sense of "set in motion" or "maintain in motion"; in other
(and technical) words, "move" only in the intransitive sense.

-- marqem

                         Mark A. Mandel
    Dragon Systems, Inc. : speech recognition : +1 617 965-5200
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