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RE: VOCAB question: to be busy, to retire



De'vID:
>>> Also, how would I say "to retire"?  [...]
>>> The context I'm using it in is that of a warrior who
>>> has won many battles, and is now giving away his sword so he can 
>>> devote the rest of his life to contemplation and to declare
>>> his love for a woman whom, due to honour, he cannot have while 
>>> he is a warrior.  

pagh 'utlh:
>> be' SaHchu' SuvwI'vam, 'ach bangDaj mojmeH SuvtaH 'e' 
>> mevnIS, qar'a'? tlhInganpu' Daqelbe' 'e' vIpIH: 
>> Suv'be'chugh tlhIngan SuvwI', vaj SuvwI' ghaHbe', 
>> 'ej ghaH lubuSHa' HochHom tlhInganpu'. be''e' bang 
>> mojmeH tlhIngan SuvwI', SuvnIStaH.

De'vID:
> bIlughbej, tera'ngan vIqel.  lutvam ja' China-ngan Hol paq noy.
> much'a' (movie) moj lut, <Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon> ponglu'.  
> Qo'noS QonoS *January* chovnatlhvaD muchvam vIchovta'.  (*seqram*vaD
> ghItlhwIj vIngeHpu' 'ach loQ jIyonbe'.  'eq.  ghItlh vIchoHlaHlI'.)
> 
> be' SaHchu' SuvwI'.  'ach Suvbe'choH 'e' poQbe' be'.  (SuvwI' ghaH 
> je be''e'.)  'Ip loDnI'pu' chaH loD'e', be' loDnal'e' je.  be' loDnal 
> HoH jagh'a', wanI'mo' SaHchuqchoHchu' loD be' je.  'ach be' loDnal 
> luqawtaHmo' 'ej luquvmoHmo', bang mojmeH mu'mey maqQo'.  bangpu'
> mojlaHpa', wa' Qu' ta'nIS loD: jagh'a' HoHchu' 'ej latlhvaD 'etlhDaj 
> nob.  vaj 'Ip loDnI'Daj noDchu' 'ej ghIq <retire>laH 'ej batlh be' 
> bang mojlaH.  Qatlh ghu'vam, qar'a'?

Qatlhbej. nuch ghaHbe'chugh jagh'a', tugh Heghba' loD'e', jagh'a' joq.

muchvam Dabejta''a'? vIbej jIH vIneHbej, 'ach vengwIjDaq cha'lu'lI'be' jay'.
tugh paw 'e' vIpIH, 'ach jISovchu'be'.

pagh


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