tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Sep 05 11:26:42 1995
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}} <vang>
charghwI'vo':
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[...] recognize that {vang} is a verb that suggests
drawn weapons or other high-adrenalin states. It doesn't just mean "you
will act honorably". It means "You will take action honorably." See?
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Interesting and useful distinction, but where do you get it? From the TKD
gloss "act, take action"? I wouldn't trust that for the nuance: it looks at
least equally likely to be a synonym/distinguisher, to clarify the sense of
"act" here as opposed to the sense of "act" as similar to "behave" or
"pretend": <Da> "behave as, act in the manner of".
- tlhIngan veQbeq la'Hom marqem
Heghbej ghIHmoHwI'pu'!
Mark A. Mandel
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