tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Apr 05 11:26:43 2002
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Re: [KLBC] is there a word for 'attend'?
Dum'er wrote:
>> I wanted to translate "I don't think I'll go to my exam tomorrow" (I
have some
>> stupid test in school tomorrow but I think I'll skip it), and I came up
with:
>>
>> wa'leS DuSaQ qaDwIj vISuchbe'law'
DloraH:
> > "Tomorrow I apparently will not visit my test of school."
SuStel:
>Noun-noun isn't always possessive. If you're trying for "school challenge,"
>/DuSaQ qaD/ works just fine. Whether "school challenge" obviously means
>"test" is another matter entirely . . . .
A {qaD} "challenge, test of one's abilities" (KGT) may be appropriate for a
physical test or evaluation - e.g. during gym (P.T.), martial arts, a fight
with a rival during recess, etc. But if Dum'er wants to avoid an academic
test, he has other options (other than studying, of course):
{chov} "assess, evaluate, test"
luchovmeH 'oy'naQmey lo'
[Warriors] who test him with painstiks. (SkyBox S9)
tlhIngan wo' yuQmey chovlu'chugh Qo'noS potlh law' Hoch potlh puS.
The principal planet of the Klingon Empire, Qo'noS... (SkyBox S27)
{Daj} "test inconclusively"
vaj toDuj Daj ngeHbej DI vI'
Shooting space garbage is no test of a warrior's mettle. (ST5)
["Sharpshooting of the cosmos' litter inconclusively tests a warrior's
courage."] (TKW)
{tob} "test conclusively"
"One accepts a challenge ({qab 'ang} [literally, "shows face"]) in order to
prove one's honor ({quv tob} [literally, "test honor conclusively"])" in a
duel. (KGT p.69)
logh veQDaq bachchugh, yoH 'e' toblaHbe' SuvwI'.
Shooting space garbage is no test of a warrior's mettle. (MO's ST5 notes)
SuvwI' qa' patlh veb chavlaHmeH tlhIngan lo'chu' chaH. toDujDaj toblu'
[They] use the devices [painstiks] to inflict pain in a manner which will
allow the Klingon to attain a higher state of spirituality as a warrior,
proving his mettle. (SkyBox S32)
And {waH} "try out, use experimentally" also works in the right context
(i.e. "test drive, flight test").
Of these, {chov} seems the best fit:
"I don't think I'll go to my exam tomorrow."
wa'leS muchovmeH jISaHbe' 'e' vIQub.
I think that I will not be present for them to test me tomorrow.
wa'leS muchovmeH jISaHQo' 'e' vIQub.
I think that I'll refuse to be present for them to test me tomorrow.
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons