[88846] in tlhIngan-Hol
RE: vIHpu'ghach Hab
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Thu Feb 24 14:57:56 2011
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2011 13:42:13 -0600
In-Reply-To: <54F460B7-340B-4655-BB37-42647E5097DC@gmail.com>
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lojmIt tI'wI' nuv:
>>> Yesterday, when I dropped something, the phrase just popped out:
>>> {vIHpu'ghach Hab, qoH.}
Voragh:
>> A "smooth having-been-in-motion-ness"?
Krenath:
> "Smooth move, fool." is how I interpreted it, despite the {-pu'} and
> the continual warnings to avoid just slapping -ghach on any verb that
> we want to {noun-ify}.
Aha! I guess I'm not up on my {mu'mey ghoQ}.
Although lacking in slangi-ness, you can call yourself {qoH Soy'/yepHa' jay'!} "%$#& clumsy/careless fool!"
OTOH *{Soy'pu'ghach} works nicely in Klingon for a one-time act of clumsiness and *{Soy'wI'} is perfect for "klutz, schlemiel".
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
