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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: Doq 'ej wovbe'
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael Roney, Jr. PKT)
Sun Oct 14 21:37:58 2012
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Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2012 21:36:40 -0400
From: "Michael Roney, Jr. PKT" <nahqun@gmail.com>
To: tlhIngan Hol mailing list <tlhIngan-Hol@kli.org>
Errors-To: tlhingan-hol-bounces@stodi.digitalkingdom.org
The source:
What we call "brown" would be
described in Klingon by using the
verb {Doq} <be red, orange>. If the
context is dear (such as contrasting
a brown thing with a thing that
cannot be described as {Doq}, such as
something that's {SuD} <blue, green,
yellow>), {Doq} alone is good enough.
Thus, if there are two drinking cups,
one brown and one blue, one might
say:
{HIvje' Doq vIneH}
I want the {Doq} cup
Only the brown cup could be
described as {Doq}; the blue cup is
definitely not {Doq} since it is {SuD}.
On the other hand, to be more
precise when talking about the color
(when, for example, there's a brown
cup and a red cup), Klingons would
typically use the phrase:
{Doq 'ej wovbe'}
be orange, red and not be bright
To get even more specific (to be able
to refer to different kinds of browns)
would involve comparisons. For
example:
{Doq 'ej Qaj wuS rur}
be orange, red and
resemble kradge lips
The lips of the kradge are
presumably a particular shade of
brown.
-=-=-
It's also used in Eurotalk.
Interestingly enough, they present red and orange both as {Doq}.
Which is correct, of course.
And green and yellow both as {SuD}.
Which is also correct.
But then go on to purposefully mispronounce them in order to give you
a sporting chance at the language games.
I'm really not happy with them mis-teaching my 5yo daughter...
QeS, I'd love to take your color survey.
~naHQun
--
~Michael Roney, Jr.
Professional Klingon Translator
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