tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Jan 03 14:58:04 2000
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RE: KLBC: surprised, confused [Klingon WOTD: mIS (v)]
- From: "Andeen, Eric" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: KLBC: surprised, confused [Klingon WOTD: mIS (v)]
- Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2000 15:59:27 -0700
[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