[91876] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: [Tlhingan-hol] boQ
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Felix Malmenbeck)
Thu Jan 26 14:03:00 2012
From: Felix Malmenbeck <felixm@kth.se>
To: Qov <robyn@flyingstart.ca>, "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:01:47 +0000
In-Reply-To: <6.2.5.6.2.20120126103601.04446b20@flyingstart.ca>
Errors-To: tlhingan-hol-bounces@stodi.digitalkingdom.org
Not only has it not been contradicted; it's been explicitly confirmed!
http://klingonska.org/canon/search/?file=3D1994-09-holqed-03-3-a.txt&get=3D=
source
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D
MO: Yeah. And another kind; {boQ}, the verb means <assist> but the noun
means <aide>, which is the doer or the agent. It's a wholly different
semantic relationship.
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D
That being said:
> tuqarmoHDI' HIghuH!
I react to the concept a person being <qar>. As I see it, a statement can b=
e <qar>, and people can be <lugh>, but never the other way around.
[This is probably another case where one's mother tongue comes into the pic=
ture: In Swedish, a statement "=E4r r=E4tt" and a person "har r=E4tt", and =
both sentences and people can "vara korrekta", in the case of a sentence it=
refers to accuracy, whereas in the case of humans it refers to behaving in=
an acceptable fashion.
Likewise, a statement "=E4r fel" (is wrong) and a person "har fel" (has wro=
ng). To say that a person "=E4r fel" is usually a grave insult.]
That being said, paq'batlh includes at least one reference to <mu'mey val> =
("wise words"), whereas I thought this word referred only to beings, so I'v=
e been wrong at least once before.
qurgh, myself and a few others had a delightful exchange on the KIDC forums=
on whether or not a birthday could be said to be happy: http://www.klingon=
.org/smboard/index.php?topic=3D1867.0
________________________________________
From: Qov [robyn@flyingstart.ca]
Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2012 19:45
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
Subject: [Tlhingan-hol] boQ
Hey jatlhwI'pu',
I've been corrected a couple of times for using boQ instead of boQwI'
or boQDu' and accepted it meekly because I know my command of canon
isn't what it used to be. I'm working on correcting that, though and
I've just started typing TKD into a flashcard program. And boQ is
aide. I was right all along. I know it's not an Americanism, because
the markings on American first aid kits are spelled aid. boQ is a
boQwI', an aide. Or has that been specifically contradicted by Marc somewh=
ere?
Now shame on me for not standing up for myself sooner. I've let
knowledge turn into habit and not developed the tools to distinguish
knowledge-based habits from incorrect habits. tuqarmoHDI' HIghuH!
jIHub'eghrupmoHlI'.
- Qov
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