tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Oct 25 20:40:36 1999
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RE: KLBC: Undoubtedly continue to..
ja' ngghoy:
>3. Also an experienced Klingonist wrote: qarchu'be'
>To mean THIS IS CLEARLY INACCURATE. Perhaps this
>should have been "qarbe'chu'", is that right?
ja' pagh:
>I suspect the experienced Klingonist meant "It is not clearly/completely
>accurate", or <qarchu'be'>. That's a very different thing from <qarbe'chu'>
>- "It is clearly inaccurate".
I would translate {qarchu'be'} colloquially as "That's not quite right."
{qarbe'chu'} would be more like "That turns out not to be the case." :-)
-- ghunchu'wI' 'utlh