tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Feb 26 08:34:28 2007
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Re: Topic (was: Re: Dilbert Comic in Klingon for February 9, 2007)
Doq:
>:Has anyone noticed that we tend to use {qaStaHvIS wa'ben}
>:to mean "While last year happened",
'ISqu':
>I certainly haven't noticed any such tendency.
Doq:
>:My point is, if we pretend that we are talking about
>:the entire span of a year with {qaStaHvIS}, which we made up
>:without any canon or approval from Okrand,
'ISqu':
>But {qaStaHvIS} *is* Okrandian canon:
>
> qaStaHvIS wa' ram loS SaD Hugh SIjlaH qetbogh loD.
> "Four thousand throats may be cut in one night
> by a running man."
> [TKW: 127]
>
> qaStaHvIS wej puq poHmey vav puqloDpu'
> puqloDpu'chaj je quvHa'moH vav quvHa'ghach.
> "The dishonor of the father dishonors his
> sons and their sons for three generations."
> [TKW: 155]
>
> qaStaHvIS wa'maH puq poHmey, wo'rIv batleH ghaj qorDu'Daj.
> "Worf's bat'telh has been in his family for ten generations. "
> [SBX: 8]
'ISqu' is quite correct: {qaStaHvIS} does refer to the entire span of time
- as indeed the suffix {-taH} "continuous" would imply.
Here are the other known examples of {qaS} "occur, happen" in canon:
naDev qaS wanI' ramqu'
There's nothing happening here. (TKD & ST3)
qaStaH nuq jay'
What the #$%@ is happening? (TKD & ST6)
pa'Daq qaStaH nuq
What's happening over there? CK
qaSDI' nenghep, qa' patlh chu' chav tlhIngan SuvwI'
The Age of Ascension marks a new level of spiritual
attainment by a Klingon warrior. (S9)
laS veghaS HIltonDaq «Hov leng: yIjeSchu'» qaSchoHmo',
bIlopqu'meH HIlton yIghoS
Come celebrate the grand opening of "Star Trek: The Experience"
at the Las Vegas Hilton. (STX)
To refer to a particular moment of time - rather than a continuous span of
time - I would use {qaSDI'} or {qaSchoH} or even just {qaS} by itself.
That being said, I don't know what the difference is between {qaS} in the
1st example vs. {qaStaH} in the 2nd and 3rd examples. The first was a
brief status report from the landing party. For the 2nd and 3rd, perhaps
someone was referring to a protracted commotion? Does anyone recall the
context from the films?
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons