tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Jul 24 15:53:13 2003
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Re: Duytvoqtah - hui wat fuern tach!
Quvar:
>>They sing altogther
>> Duj tIvoqtaH,
>> Duj tIvoqtaH,
>> Duj tIvoqtaH,
SuStel:
>I'm not sure what you're discussing here, but shouldn't that be /Duj
>yIvoqtaH/ "(Continuously) trust instincts"? /Duj/ "instincts" is one of
>those "inherently plural" words. /Duj tIvoqtaH/ can only mean
>"(Continuously) trust ships."
Not exactly. {Duj} is tricky:
Duj tIvoqtaH
Always trust your instincts. TKD
DujlIj yIvoq
Trust your instincts. TKW
This discrepancy was explained in TKW (p. 27):
... it is grammatically correct to treat it as singular (a bundle or
collection of instincts) or plural (individual instincts). {Duj} also
means "ship" or "vessel", so a possible interpretation of the aphorism
is "trust your ship".
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons