tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Aug 26 14:18:16 2002
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Re: Can anyone answer my question?
Quvar writes:
> From ST5: The klingons are speaking about what is gonna happen, after
> they captured kirk.
>{vaj toDDujDaj ngeHbej DIvI'} "So the Federation will certainly send their
>rescueship."
>Unfortunately, the movie-makers (how should I call it??) made a mistake,
>and used that phrase twice. Now Okrand had to re-phrase it, and it became
>{vaj toDuj Daj ngeHbej DI vI'} "Shooting space garbage is no test of a
>warrior's mettle."
Here's the line Okrand originally intended Klaa to say, as published in
HolQeD 8.4:
logh veQDaq bachchugh, yoH 'e' toblaHbe' SuvwI'.
Shooting space garbage is no test of a warrior's mettle.
("If he shoots at space garbage, a warrior cannot prove [test conclusively]
that he is brave.)
BTW, this indicates that what you're shooting at is marked with
{-Daq}. I.e. one "shoots at" a target or {DoSDaq bach}. A line from TKW:
pe'vIl mu'qaDmey tIbach
Curse well!
(lit. "Shoot curses forcefully!")
shows that what is shot - i.e. the projectile - is the direct object of
{bach}. Okrand even explains this a bit in the commentary:
Curses are considered a weapon of a sort which must be propelled
to their targets. (TKW p.148)
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons