tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Jan 23 01:07:47 2006
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Re: -be' or -Qo'? I forget what the acronym was for the front... lol
- From: Philip Newton <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: -be' or -Qo'? I forget what the acronym was for the front... lol
- Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2006 10:00:31 +0100
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On 1/23/06, Shane MiQogh <[email protected]> wrote:
> If there is tenses in klingon,
There are no tenses in Klingon - only aspect (perfect/completed vs.
continuous). Perfect sounds like past to people used to tenses, but
can be future ("I will have read the book tomorrow", for example.)
> the KPC makes it out that you would use -Qo' only to state that
> you will not, or to order some one to not to do something.
*nods* refusal, or a negative order.
> But, if there are no tenses, then i don't love you would be
> qamuSHa'Qo' but, according to the KPC, such a phrase
> would be qamuSHa'be'... Which is correct?
{qamuSHa'Qo'} is "I refuse to mis-hate you"; {qamuSHa'be'} is "I do
not mis-hate you". See the difference?
Both are correct, but they mean different things.
You might also wish to consider simply saying {qamuS} - "I hate you".
(I'd say that translating {muSHa'} as "love" obscures the real meaning
of the Klingon root.)
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Philip Newton <[email protected]>
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