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Re: Klingon WOTD: vang (v)

Steven Boozer ([email protected])

• From: Steven Boozer <[email protected]>
• Subject: Re: Klingon WOTD: vang (v)
• Date: Wed, 08 Sep 2004 10:56:00 -0500
• In-reply-to: <[email protected]>

>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Wednesday, September 8, 2004.
>
>Klingon word:   vang
>Part of Speech: verb
>Definition:     act, take action

As used in canon:

   bI'IQchugh yIvang
   If you are sad, act! TKW

   batlhHa' vanglu'taHvIS quv chavbe'lu'
   One does not achieve honor while acting dishonorably. TKW

   Qu' buSHa'chugh SuvwI', batlhHa' vangchugh, qoj matlhHa'chugh, pagh ghaH 
SuvwI''e'
   If a warrior ignores duty, acts dishonorably, or is disloyal, he is 
nothing. TKW

   vangDI' tlhIngan SuvwI' ngoy' qorDu'Daj; vangDI' qorDu'Daj ngoy' 
tlhIngan SuvwI'
   The family of a Klingon warrior is responsible for his actions, and he is
   responsible for theirs. TKW

   nab Hutlh 'ach vang
   He/she lacks a plan, but he/she takes action (i.e. He/she improvises). KGT

   pevang!
   (shouted by Gowron) KCD

There's also a {vIttlhegh} in English on KCD that has often been translated 
into Klingon:

   "Act and you shall have dinner. Think and you shall be dinner."   KCD
   [bIvangchugh, 'uQ DaSop. bIQubchugh, 'uQ Damoj. (untranslated)]

Cf. also the verbs {Da} "act in the manner of", {ta'} "accomplish, do" and 
{ruch} "proceed".



-- 
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons 

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