tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Aug 22 21:51:30 1997
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Re: Day of Honor Postcard
- From: "David Trimboli" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Day of Honor Postcard
- Date: Sat, 23 Aug 97 04:31:01 UT
[email protected] on behalf of Kenneth Traft wrote:
> English). One side has the Klingon symbol is light read and the phrase
>
> SuvwI'
> quvlIj yIqel!
> (Consider Your Warrior's Honor!)
>
> printed over the klingon symbol.
Is the translation also printed or did you translate it(I don't know where I
put my copies of the postcard)?
According to KGT pp. 49-50, a more specific term to use for this meaning is
{vaj}:
vaj quvlIj yIqel!
Consider your warrior's honor!
If the first word was intended as direct address, then {SuvwI'} is the
appropriate term and {vaj} would be wrong:
SuvwI'!
Warrior!
quvlIj yIqel!
Consider your honor!
Note that {SuvwI' quvlIj} for "your warrior's honor" is not wrong, but is not
as specific or evocative as {vaj quvlIj}.
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SuStel
Beginners' Grammarian
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