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RE: KLBC: surprised, confused [Klingon WOTD: mIS (v)]



[email protected] wrote:
> 
> This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Sunday, January 2, 2000.
> 
> Klingon word:   mIS
> Part of Speech: verb
> Definition:     be confused, mixed up

jatlh De'vID:
> tlhIngan Hol jatlhlu'taHvIS, "a person's state" DellaH vay'.  'ach
> "transitive" wot "intransitive" wot je lutu'lu'.  vaj <mIS> "to be 
> confused" tu'lu', 'ej <mer> "to surprise" tu'lu'.  mu'meyvammo', 
> jImISlaw'.  tlhIngan Hol "to confuse" Dajatlh DaneHchugh, <mISmoH>
> DajatlhlaH.  'ach chay' "to be surprised" Dajatlh?  "He is surprised"
> vIjatlh vIneH, tlhIngan Hol mu'tlhegh vIjatlhnISbogh jIHvaD
> yIja'!  chaq <ghaH merlu'> "one surprises him" vIlo', qar'a'?

Qapchu' <merlu'>. Klingon has a word to describe the act of surprising, but
not one to describe the reaction in the one who is surprised.


pagh
Beginners' Grammarian


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