tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu May 11 07:25:21 2006
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Re: Klingon WOTD: bej (verb)
>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Thursday, May 11, 2006.
>
>Klingon word: bej
>Part of Speech: verb
>Definition: watch
As used in canon:
bISutlhnISchugh jaghlI' mInDu' tIbej
If you must negotiate, watch your enemy's eyes. TKW
qabej
I watch you. KGT
jIbej
I watch. KGT
bIbej'a'
Do you watch? KGT
HIvrup 'e' vIbej
I watch that they're ready to attack. KGT
Related verbs:
{nej} look for, seek, search for; {nuD} examine, {legh} see; {HaD} study
>Homonyms:
> bej (verb) - be sure, definite, positive, certain (slang)
The verb {bej} literally means "watch", though its slang usage
is probably influenced by the verb suffix {-bej} ("certainly,
undoubtedly"; compare {voq}, "trust", and {voqbej}, "certainly
trust"). It is used in such forms as {jIbej} ("I am positive
[about something I just said]"--literally, "I watch") or
{bIbej'a'} ("Are you sure?"--literally, "Do you watch?").
Unlike the verb {na'} ("be salty"), which has an identical
slang meaning (see below), the verb {bej} may be used when
there is an object: {HIvrup 'e' vIbej} ("I am positive they're
ready to attack"; literally, "I watch that they're ready to
attack"). The notions expressed by {bej} can be conveyed without
slang with a word such as {Honbe'} ("not doubt") or by making
use of the verb suffix {-bej}, as in {HIvrupbej} ("They're
certainly ready to attack"). (KGT 145)
The slang word [{na'}], a verb, is used in such constructions
as {jIna'} ("I am positive [about something I just said]";
literally, "I am salty"] and {bIna''a'} ("Are you sure?";
literally, "Are you salty?"). These kinds of meanings may be
expressed without using slang by employing such verbs as
{Honbe'} ("not doubt") or {Sovbej} ("know for certain"). See
also {bej}, a slang term with similar meaning." (KGT 157)
Related noun:
{DIch} certainty
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons