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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: jang
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Fri Nov 11 10:12:17 2011
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2011 09:12:05 -0600
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> Klingon Word of the Day for Friday, November 11, 2011
>
> Klingon word: jang
> Part of speech: verb
> Definition: answer, reply
As used in canon:
jang 'avwI' <<jIghung je>>
The guard replies, "I am also hungry." PK
jang 'avwI' <<jI'oj je>>
The guard replies, "I am also thirsty." PK
jang 'avwI' <<lIchopbe'chugh ghewmey!>>
The guard answers, "If the bugs do not bite you!" PK
Related verbs:
{ghel} "ask (a question)", {yu'} "question, interrogate" & {tlhob} "ask, request, plead"
Mark Okrand described the use of {jang} in an interview with Will Martin (HolQeD [Dec. 1998: p.4-7]):
[....]
WM: Just to mention particular verbs in terms of whether they can be
used for speech or not, you are saying that {ghel} is a word that
would probably not be used typically as a verb of speech. That
even if you are asking a question you would still tend to use
{ja'} or {jatlh}.
MO: Yes. "He asked me. He said,'blah, blah, blah'." Or "He said,
'blah, blah, blah.' He asked me." It doesn't matter.
WM: {jang} - "answer" would be similar?
MO: Yes.
WM: And {tlhob} would similarly be...
MO: {tlhob} also has the non-quoting sense.
[....]
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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