[88217] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: muD Dotlh
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (R Fenwick)
Wed Aug 25 06:07:00 2010
From: R Fenwick <qeslagh@hotmail.com>
To: <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 19:58:25 +1000
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ghItlhpu' Fiat Knox:
>How exactly would you guys phrase the response "Klingons never talk about insignificant things?"
I would say something like <jatlhDI' tlhInganpu' not ram Soj> "when Klingons talk, the matter is
never trivial".
>I confess, the usage of the word "bop" still eludes me.
The usual gloss is "be all about", but I find myself using it more simply for "be about". So:
HolQeD bopbe' paqvam
"this book is not all about linguistics"
And the word is found in the refrain of the Hokey Pokey, the original prompt for the word IIRC:
'e' bop
"that's what it's all about"
This indicates to me that you can say:
molor jeyta' qeylIS 'e' bop SoQ
"the speech was about Kahless having defeated Molor"
and to take an example from my Red Dragon translation:
vIpe'lu' 'e' bopbe'. jImev 'e' vIwuq neH.
"It's not [about my] getting cut. I just decided to stop."
>Does it apply in this context?
chaq Dalo'laH, 'a Qatlh 'e' vIQub 'ej 'utbe'qu'bej.
QeS 'utlh
