tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Dec 24 10:13:17 1996
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Re: KLBC: best & worst
- From: Steven Boozer <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLBC: best & worst
- Date: Tue, 24 Dec 1996 12:12:10 -0600 (CST)
>> If I wanted to say "He is the best fighter." :
>> > SuvmeH ghaH QaQ law' Hoch QaQ puS
>
>Actually, in The Klingon Way, Marc Okrand has furnished us with a simple
>way of saying "best" or "worst". I did not notice it untill I read
>Captain. Krankors "From the Grammarians Desk" in HolQeD Vol. 5 #2. Krankor
>points out the proverb on page 121 of TKW: *bortaS nIvqu' 'oH bortaS 'e' *,
>"Revenge is the best revenge." Here, *nIvqu' * meaning "very superior" is
>used in place of "the best". Thus It seems to me that *QIvqu' * would work
>for "worst" also.
>
>SuSvaj
FWIW, Vixis flatters captain Klaa in ST5 with:
qIbDaq SuvwI' SoH Dun law' Hoch Dun puS
You would be the greatest warrior in the galaxy.
-- Voragh