tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Mar 12 21:51:12 1996
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Re: "never again"
- From: [email protected] (Alan Anderson)
- Subject: Re: "never again"
- Date: Wed, 13 Mar 1996 00:52:59 -0500
peHruS writes:
>nIblaH {chu'wI'} "newbies" je
>'ach "trigger" 'oH je {chu'wI'}'e'
HIja'. wa' ben ngoDvam vItu'. nuv chu' DelmeH QaQqu'law' mu'vam.
naDev taghDI' nuv chu', rut qechmey Huj motlh chup.
maQIjmeH mu'mey teH motlh wIlo'nISmo', chu'wI' rur ghu'.
SIbI' wanI' cha'DIch qaSmoH wanI' wa'DIch.
rut mu'meyqoq chenmoH taghwI' Dogh vaj qabqu' mIwvam 'e' wIja'nIS.
chu'wI' rur ghu'vam je.
rut yu'chu' taghwI' 'ach DIch wIghajbe' wIjanglaHbe'chu'.
nargh qechmey ngo'. mu'mey ngo' wIlo'.
mangach 'ej maja'chuq 'ej maghoH 'ach maQochtaH.
Okrand-vaD Sotlaw' wIjach 'ach nuQoybe'law'.
chu'wI' rurqa' ghu'vam.
>qatlh {taghwI'}'e'
>
>I see this as "initiators," not "initiates."
vaj maQochbe'.
I've never intended it as "initiates" -- it's supposed to be "beginners"
(not very far from "initiators" as you see it). Power Klingon has an
example of {tagh} having the intransitive meaning I intend:
{taghbej mu'qaD veS} "Curse warfare has definitely begun."
-- ghunchu'wI' batlh Suvchugh vaj batlh SovchoH vaj