tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Jun 16 11:33:43 2003

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Re: defeat the enemy



Quvar wrote:
>I ask:
> >> mu'tlheghvam vIqawHa'. mungDaj vISovbe'.
> >> HIbelmoH, Hutlhbogh mu'mey tIchel:
> >>
> >> "To defeat the enemy, be ready to fight alone."
> >> {jagh DajeymeH nIteb... (?) ..}
>
>DloraH:
> >To defeat the enemy, be ready to fight alone.
> >   jagh DajeymeH nIteb DaSuvrup.
>
>SuStel:
> >yISuvrup.
>
>That's why I asked! Now what is it?

It's {DaSuvrup}. I.e.:

    jagh DajeymeH nIteb DaSuvrup.
    "To defeat the enemy, be ready to fight [him/her] alone."

{jagh} is the object of both verbs.  It's not a literal translation.


-- 
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons 



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