tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Dec 12 09:49:11 1999
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Re: Nautical Directions/Navigation
- From: SuSvaj <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Nautical Directions/Navigation
- Date: Sun, 12 Dec 1999 13:08:46 -0500
At 01:05 PM 12/12/99 -0500, you wrote:
>At 12:20 PM 12/12/99 -0500, you wrote:
>>Earlier in the movie, Klaa says {nImbuS wej maghoS; He yInab}. I believe
>>the subtitle is "Set course for Nimbus III." Note that {maghoS} should be
>>{wIghoS}. {nImbuS wej wIghoS; He yInab} "We're going to Nimbus III. Plan a
>>course."
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>I always took that phrase to clipped Klingon. Shortened from:
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> "nImbuS wejDaq maghoS. He yInab"
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> "We are going to Nimbus III. Plot the course!"
Actually come to think of it. It does not even have to be clipped Klingon.
As *ghoS* does not require the *Daq* suffix.
SuSvaj
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>SuSvaj
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>>SuStel
>>Stardate 99947.2
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>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: Jeremy Silver <[email protected]>
>>To: <[email protected]>
>>Sent: Sunday, December 12, 1999 6:52 AM
>>Subject: Nautical Directions/Navigation
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>>> How much cannon do we have for directions/navigation and setting courses
>>on a
>>> Klingon ship?
>>> I believe we have the noun He for course, ghoS as a verb for following it,
>>how
>>> many examples of their use are known?
>>> Do we have have anything that suggests the use of the bearing mark
>>elevation
>>> terminology the federation uses? Something equivalent to "Set course 180
>>mark
>>> 200" or the like?
>>> I have found HeDon for parallel course, is there an equivalent for
>>intercept
>>> course?
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>>> How about ship-board direction equivalents? I have found 'et for fore and
>>'o'
>>> for aft, anyone know if poS and nIH might be alternatives for Port and
>>> Starboard? What about vertical directions, up/down, topside/below?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> --
>>> Jeremy Silver |\ [email protected]
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