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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: ruch
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Trimboli)
Mon Jul 9 10:24:26 2012
Date: Mon, 09 Jul 2012 10:24:08 -0400
From: David Trimboli <david@trimboli.name>
To: tlhingan-hol@stodi.digitalkingdom.org
In-Reply-To: <ACF6622D959A8842A81E4471BA56A7E001ED8C5B@xm-mbx-04-prod.ad.uchicago.edu>
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On 7/9/2012 10:14 AM, Steven Boozer wrote:
>
>> Klingon word: ruch
>> Part of speech: verb
>> Definition: proceed, go ahead, do it
>
> Used in canon:
>
> targhlIj yIngagh! yIruch!
> Go mate with your targ! PK (punctuation added)
>
> SuStel once translated {yIruch} as "Go for it!" I've also seen it
> used for Picard's catchphrase "Make it so!"
>
> Related verbs:
> ta' accomplish, do
> vang take action
>
> Don't confuse {ruch} with {ghoS} "proceed, follow a course,
> approach".
I think the difference between {ruch} and {vang} is that {ruch} is used
when an action is "loaded" and then "triggered" by the phrase, whereas
{vang} just describes taking an action.
--
SuStel
http://www.trimboli.name/
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