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Re: [tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: 'eb
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Mon Jan 9 10:24:21 2017
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> Klingon Word of the Day for Monday, January 09, 2017
>
> Klingon word: 'eb
> Part of speech: noun
> Definition: opportunity, chance, opening
> Source: KGT
'eb Qav jatlhpu'
He said, "Last call!" CK
reH 'eb tu'lu'
There is always a chance. TKW
Hoch 'ebmey tIjon
Capture all opportunities.
jIpaSqu'mo' narghpu' qaSuchmeH 'eb
I was too late to visit you.
("Because I'm very late, the opportunity to visit you has
escaped.") (st.klingon 1/1998)
qaSuch vIneH 'ach narghpu' 'eb. jIpaSqu'
I was too late to visit you.
("I want to visit you, but the opportunity has escaped. I
am very late.") (st.klingon 1/1998)
qaSuchlaHbe'. jIpaSqu' vaj narghpu' 'eb
I was too late to visit you.
("I cannot visit you. I am very late, thus the opportunity
has escaped.") (st.klingon 1/1998)
(TKW 51): In Klingon, opportunities are captured [{jon}], not taken; a missed opportunity is said to have escaped [{nargh}].
SEE ALSO:
DuH possibility (n)
wanI' phenomenon, event, occurrence (n)
wIv choice (n)
DIch certainty (n)
--
Voragh
tlhIngan ghantoH pIn'a'
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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