tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Sep 27 21:42:54 1994
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Re: to be or not to be
"Klingon Language List" <[email protected]> writes:
\ > argument over the verb 'to be' specifically how they can
\ > say 'to be or not to be' in ST6.
\ >
\ > Could someone please provide me with the translation and it's
\ > translation back into English?
The translation in the movie is "taH pagh taHbe'", where taH is a new verb
that means "to continue, go on, endure" (from the addendum).
(The original translation was "yIn pagh yInbe'", "to live or not to live",
but Christopher Plummer didn't like the line - said "yIn" didn't sound like
a very Klingon word. So Okrand created the verb taH on the spot, deriving
it from the suffix -taH (continuous)).
-marqoS
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