tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Jun 07 18:35:42 1997
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RE: KLBC: expression of obligation
- From: "David Trimboli" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: KLBC: expression of obligation
- Date: Sat, 7 Jun 97 20:03:20 UT
[email protected] on behalf of [email protected] wrote:
> I couldn't find any way of expressing obligation in TKD. I thought there
> would be
> some type 2 suffixes for this, in the same way -nIS and -qang express need
> and
> will respectively, but it is not the case.
>
> So what are the constructs used to express "must" and "ought" (which I
expect
> to be distinct in Klingon as they are in English)? Or is this a concept
> unknown
> to Klingons, so that they would rather use something as "be forced to"?
In *most* cases, you'll be able to use {-nIS} "need." There are very few
instances I can think of where you're going to be obligated to do something,
and where you're not going to "need" to do that thing.
But I suppose it could come up, and then you can use the verb {poQ}.
QuQ vItI' 'e' poQ HoD
The captain requires that I repair the engine.
This still could be done with {-nIS}:
QuQ vItI'nIS
I need to repair the engine.
If the captain requires it of me, then I need to do it. "Need" doesn't mean
"need in order to survive," it just means "need."
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