Re: Question

["Carl Beckom" <cbeckom@n-link.com>]

Thanks Ed,  I think you have it.  Or atleast it sounds like what would have
been the correct answer.

Carl
----- Original Message -----
From: Ed <edward@shore.net>
To: <tlhIngan-Hol@kli.org>
Sent: Sunday, September 05, 1999 8:51 PM
Subject: Re: Question


> Carl Beckom wrote:
> >
> > In an episode of STTNG,  Worf mated with Alexander's mother in the
holodeck,
> > (I forget her name) he yelled something in Klingon.
> > In the episode I got the impression that he said something to the effect
> > that he takes her for his wife but she refused.
> >
> > Does anyone know what he said exactly?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Carl
>
>
>  I don't remember, but, for act the bonding ritual, the male says "my
> blood" and the woman says "our blood" then they say "I am Klingon" to
> complete the cerimony.
>
> jIqawbe', 'a <jIH dok> jatlh loD <maj dok> jatlh be' 'ej vangmeH ruStay,
> vaj vay  'ovlI'meH  <tlhIngan jIH> jatlh chaH.
>
>
> from the Klingon Imperial Diplomatic Corps
> www.klingon.org/KIDC/pages/Rituals.html
>
> Why they used <dok> and not <'Iw>, I don't know.
>
> from an older web, Parmount Hol definition
>
> jIH Doq: my blood (phrase)
>  "Reunion" (TNG). The first half of the Oath of Union.
>
> maj dok: good blood (phrase)
>  "Reunion" (TNG). The second half of the Oath of Union.
>
> Tova'dok
>     tova'Daq: mind sharing (n) [From "Soldiers of the Empire" (DS9). It
> is a
>     moment of clarity between two warriors on the battlefield. Much is
> said
>     without the need for words. According to the script, tova'dok is
> pronounced
>     "TO-vah-DOCK." Canonized in Klingon for the Galactic Traveller.]
>