tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Oct 02 22:38:18 2007
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Re: Klingon Inquiry
- From: QeS 'utlh <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Klingon Inquiry
- Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2007 15:35:39 +1000
- Importance: Normal
ghItlhpu' Qov, ja':
>I'm looking at qo' nIvvaD - [intended] for a superior world,
>or DubmeH qo' - in order that the world improve
>qo' vIDubmoHmeH - So that I may improve the world
We only have two canon instances of {Dub} "improve", both from the SkyBox cards (one on SB14 and one on SB26), and both show that the word means "improve" in its transitive sense, or "to cause to become better" (rather than "improve" in the intransitive sense, which is "to become better"). This being the case, the latter two should be {qo' Dublu'meH} and {qo' vIDubmeH}.
I have no problem with {qo' nIvvaD}.
QeS 'utlh
tlhIngan Hol yejHaD pab po'wI' / Grammarian of the Klingon Language Institute
not nItoj Hemey ngo' juppu' ngo' je
(Old roads and old friends will never deceive you)
- Ubykh Hol vIttlhegh
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