tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Oct 23 16:45:59 2001
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RE: KLBC qun
Qor'etlh ghoj'wI':
> How would I best say:
> "Warriors live in the present, civilization (Empire, or
> Citizens(?)) goes on into the future."
DloraH:
: yInlI' SuvwI'pu', taHtaH tayqeq.
:
: Or to make a better connection in the comparison, use the same root verb.
:
: taHlI' SuvwI'pu', taHtaH tayqeq.
Alternatively, use contrasting adverbials:
DaH yInlI' SuvwI'pu', reH taHtaH tayqeq.
As Klingon verbs have no grammatical tense, using adverbs of time can help. A
possible caveat: Since Klingon time words are more specific than their English
equivalents - e.g. {wa'Hu'} "tomorrow" (lit. "one day from now") - Klingons may
not use them metaphorically: e.g. the car of tomorrow, yesterday's child. We
need to ask Maltz.
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons