tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Aug 12 08:26:00 1997
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Re: DaH qep'a' vIghoS
- From: Steven Boozer <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: DaH qep'a' vIghoS
- Date: Tue, 12 Aug 1997 10:25:30 -0500 (CDT)
: >From: "William H. Martin":
: >According to [email protected]:
: >> Obviously, I would have preferred Qo'noS vIcheghDI', ...
: >
: >I disagree strongly. You don't return Kronos, and {chegh} is
: >not defined as "return to". Since the verb requires a
: >preposition in English and there is no such preposition stated
: >in the definition (contrasting with {wuq}, for example), I
: >think the best form is {Qo'noSDaq jIcheghDI'}.
:
: Isn't there canon from the tape with the trip to the factory, where the
: Terran says "ghorgh juHwIjDaq jIchegh[laH]?"/"when can I return to my
: room?"? Voragh, someone... refresh my memory?
:
: ~mark
There are two uses of {chegh} in canon that I know of:
During the jitney ride on CK, the tourist whines:
ghorgh pa'wIjDaq jIchegh?
When can I return to my room?
And in ST6, as Gorkon's party in the Enterprise transporter room prepares to
beam back to Kronos One, Chang pulls out his communicator and says into it:
DaH machegh
[DaH machegh.] (closed captions)
(The line is not translated in the subtitles or the novelization, but this
is clearly "We're returning now.")
-- Voragh