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Re: [tlhIngan Hol] mu' chu' chabal tetlh!
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Fri Mar 31 10:18:00 2017
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Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2017 14:17:53 +0000
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Felix Malmenbeck:
> == WORD REQUEST MESSAGE ==
> - allergy/intolerance/hypersensitivity
>
> With so many new plant words recently, including one for "pollen", I
> figure the time is ripe to start complaining about them!
loQ 'oy'DI' SuvwI' bepbe'
A warrior does not complain about physical discomfort. TKW
ghIlab ghewmey tIbuSQo'
Pay no heed to glob flies. TKW
ram; ghIlab ghew rur
trivial as a glob fly KGT
... not that they don't complain about everything else:
(KGT 167): "This verb [{yIv}] literally means "chew". In its slang sense, it is found in such constructions as {choyIv} ("You bother me"--literally, "You chew me") or {muyIv romuluS Ha'DIbaH} ("The Romulan dog irks me"; literally, "The Romulan animal chews me" ... The subject of {yIv} can be only a person or creature, not an inanimate object or a situation. Thus, it is inappropriate to say something like {muyIv 'Iw HIq bIr} ("cold bloodwine chews me"). Standard ways to express the same idea are {nuQ} (annoy, bother) and {berghmoH} (irritate).
--
Voragh
tlhIngan ghantoH pIn'a'
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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