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[Tlhingan-hol] Story: ghuv = The Recruit - 14
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Here</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">’s the e</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">nd of the first page of the eight page story. Excerpts are going to get a bit longer now. I’m going to make you look up some words that are in TKD, but I’ll still give you</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">all the</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">words that aren’t.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">Protagonist</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">Torg has been recruited by maQ for a special mission.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">tengchaHDaq tojmeH pa' lughoS torgh, maQ je. romuluSngan tengchaH DataHvIS tojmeH pa', Qu' mIw ghoj 'ej qeq torgh. SeHlaw naw</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">nIS 'ej ghunnIS. nap mIw 'ach qaStaHvIS vagh rep qeq torgh 'e' poQ maQ. HurghtaHvIS ta'nIS. bachtaHvIS romuluSnganpu' ta'nIS. SaHbe'taHvIS tlham ta'nIS. tlhuHbe'taHvIS ta'nIS. 'oy' SIQtaHvIS ta'nIS.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">1</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><SUP><FONT FACE="Calibri">st</FONT></SUP></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> sentence: </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">tengchaHDaq tojmeH pa' lughoS torgh, maQ je. </FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"> </SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">toj = bluff, trick</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">pa’ = room </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">A <tojmeH pa’> is “a room for the purpose of tricking.” We’ve been told that’s the Klingon term for holodeck.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Note that while the action takes place <tengchaHDaq> with the locative, there is no locative to indicate motion towards the <tojmeH pa’>. The verb ghoS implies its own movement towards, so <tojmeH pa’ lughoS> means “they go to the holodeck”. If it were <tojmeH pa’Daq lughoS> it would mean they proceeded towards something/someone (there would have to be context to know) while already inside the holodeck.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">“Torgh and maQ go to the holodeck on board the space station.”</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">romuluSngan tengchaH DataHvIS tojmeH pa', Qu' mIw ghoj 'ej qeq torgh.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"> </SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">romuluSngan = Romulan – you know that</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Da = behave as, act like</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">mIw = procedure – plural marking is optional in Klingon, so you can also read it as “procedures”</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">“While the holodeck behaves as the Romulans’ space station, Torg learns and drills the mission procedure(s).”</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">or</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">“With the holodeck simulating a Romulan space station, Torg learns and practises how to do the mission.”</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">People sometimes ask what Klingon for “with” is. In order to answer that, you have to figure out what with means in English. Here, it happens to mean “while”.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">SeHlaw naw</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">nIS 'ej ghunnIS.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"> </SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">SeHlaw = control panel – it looks like the verb SeH + law but it’s just a noun now, you can’t disassemble it.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">naw’ = access – I spelled this wrong in the version I sent out. Punishment has been meted out. </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">-nIS = needs to</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">“He needs to access the control panel and he needs to program it.”</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">nap mIw 'ach qaStaHvIS vagh rep qeq torgh 'e' poQ maQ.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"> </SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">qaS = happen, occur</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">You know –taHvIS. The verb qaS is one of the most common places you will see it. qaStaHvIS = while it occurs. The subject may be a specific period of time or a noun that implies a duration. Here it’s <vagh rep> = five hours. (Remember that plurals are usually optional in Klingon, so <vagh repmey> isn’t necessary). “While five hours occurs” = “for [a duration of] five hours”.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">‘e’ = previous sentence is the object of the upcoming sentence</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">poQ = require, demand<BR>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">“The procedure is simple, but maQ requires that Torg practice it for five hours.” </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">HurghtaHvIS ta'nIS.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"> </SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">“He needs to accomplish it while it is dark.”</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">bachtaHvIS romuluSnganpu' ta'nIS.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"> </SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">“He needs to accomplish it while Romulans are shooting.”</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">SaHbe'taHvIS tlham ta'nIS.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"> </SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">SaH = care, care about, be present – given that the subject is tlham (=gravity), an uncaring force, it’s easy to guess which is intended. Sometimes it’s harder to tell and sometimes both can be equally understood</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">)</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">. When I learned this word I thought of a Klingon comforting a distraught friend with a touch and the word, “jISaH.”</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">“He needs to do it while gravity is not present.”</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">tlhuHbe'taHvIS ta'nIS.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"> </SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">“He needs to do it while he doesn’t breathe.”</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">'oy' SIQtaHvIS ta'nIS.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">“He needs to do it while he endures pain.”</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> I hope you can picture maQ standing there with a stern expression on his face, resetting the holodeck again and again with new obstacles for Torg to overcome. “DaH yIta’qa’.” – “Now do it again.”</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">- </FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">Qov</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"></SPAN></P>
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