tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri May 26 08:23:30 1995
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Re: KLCB: Definitions
> On Thu, 25 May 1995, Daniel Boese wrote:
> > I just listened to a copy of Power Klingon, and was wondering what the
> > definitions of the "4 virtues" of "accuracy, straight-forwardness,
> > aggressiveness, and strength" were. I came up with :
> > accuracy qarghach
> > aggressiveness vaQghach
> > strength HoSghach
> > straight-forwardness yuDHa'ghach
On Fri, 26 May 1995, yoDtargh wrote:
> In Marc Okrand's interview, in HolQeD 3.3, he indicates that using
> {-ghach} on a bare verb stem is very unusual and would look strange to a
> Klingon.
On Power Klingon, these virtues are listed in English. In English,
virtues are adjectives, qualities we possess. Klingon is much more
verb-centric. A look through the TKD will reveal that many English
adjectives are represented in Klingon by verbs (referred to here as
"stative verbs"), such as {qar} - "to be accurate", {vaQ} - "to be
aggressive", {HoS} - "to be strong", and {yuDHa'} - "to be honest".
janSIy