tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Oct 28 18:08:35 2001
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RE: KLBC: ghIj
> > > Dochvamvo' jaHtaHghach yoH law' Hoch ta'meyDaj yoH puS.
> > > Going on from there was the bravest thing he ever did.
> >What/who is being brave? Is the {action of going} brave? It is Bilbo
that
> >is brave. Same with ta'meyDaj. Dochvamvo' jaHtaHvIS ghaH yoH law' ...
>
> So an action can't be brave in Klingon? That is, {yoH} applies only to
> beings that use language and I couldn't say something like {yoH worIv
> ta'mey}/"Worf's deeds were brave"? If that is the case, would I have to
> recast it and say something like {yoHwI' Da worIv}/"Worf behaved like a
> brave person"?
(wo'rIv)
We have a noun for "courage, bravery" - toDuj (TKD p185,187)
jaHtaHvIS toDujDaj Dun law'...
> >The -pu' seems ok, but the 'ochDaq and nIteb are attached to the <loSbogh
> >Qob'a' leghpa'>
>
> So, {loSbogh Qob'a' leghpa' 'ochDaq nIteb may'na' Suvpu'} ?
yes.
> >Klingons may be inaccurate, but they never approximate. Pick a
> >time when it happened. cha' SaD ben...
>
> So it's okay to make up an amount of time when the actual amount of time
is
> unknown, in order to avoid being approximate? Or can I be so approximate
as
> to say {SaDmey ben} or {vatlhmey ben}? (I lose the {law'} this way, but I
> can live with that.)
In Power Klingon, Okrand tells us "Klingons may be inaccurate, but they
never approximate." Other than this we don't really know the extent. I've
seen many people use [ben law'] and other such time stamps, even I have used
them; I was just letting you know what Okrand has told us.
DloraH, BG