tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Oct 21 02:12:31 1994

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Re: jay'



>According to charghwI'
>According to [email protected]:
>> Subject: Transmitting Data
>>
>> Ok.  Here's a good question about a confusing situation.  In Klingon there
>> are two verbs:
>>
>>     lab     transmit data (away from a place)
>>     lI'     transmit data (to a place)
>>
>> Now, let me see if I have this correct.  "lab" would be if I were on a
>> starship and I were transmitting data from my present loaction on the ship
>> to, say, an away team on a planet.
>
>Judging from the canonical usage in ST3, you are right. The
>wording in TKD is strange, but most folks agree that {lab}
>means to send or upload. {lI'} means to receive or download.
>

When using these verbs does the direct object describe the nature
of the data being transfered or does it identify the other party?

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>>
>> William
>
>maj.
>
>charghwI'

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