[88849] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: vIHpu'ghach Hab
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (R Fenwick)
Fri Feb 25 02:09:29 2011
From: R Fenwick <qeslagh@hotmail.com>
To: <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2011 16:53:14 +1000
Errors-to: tlhingan-hol-bounce@kli.org
Reply-to: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
ghItlhpu' lojmIt tI'wI' nuv, jatlh:
>Yesterday, when I dropped something, the phrase just popped out:
>{vIHpu'ghach Hab, qoH.}
Odd; the first thing that usually comes to my lips when I drop something
is Klingon as well - {(vaj) yIpum jay'} "(then) &!@$ FALL down!" Klingon
is such a satisfying language to curse in. :)
jang Krenath, jatlh:
>Would Klingons use 'move' or 'motion' as a synonym for 'action' even if
>they have a noun for it rather than just a verb?
>Would Klingons use 'smooth' as a description of a well-executed action?
That's actually my problem with the phrase {vIHpu'ghach Hab} here - it's
so obviously a calque from English. :S If a Klingon were to say it I'd at
least expect {Hab vIHpu'ghach} (cf. {buy' ngop}). One way or another it's
nothing a native Klingon-speaker would be likely to say.
Not that that matters, of course!
QeS 'utlh
