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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Close female friend of a male?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rohan Fenwick - QeS 'utlh)
Wed Nov 28 22:24:04 2012
From: Rohan Fenwick - QeS 'utlh <qeslagh@hotmail.com>
To: <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2012 13:23:42 +1000
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ghItlhpu' naHQun=2C jatlh:
> We have chaj and maqoch for close friends of the same gender=2C but no wo=
rds for close friends of the opposite gender.> How would one communicate a =
comparable closeness?
I ran into exactly this problem in translating The Man in the Panther Skin=
=2C and rendered it with {jupoywI'} "my beloved friend".
> Or do Klingons just not have these types of friendships?
I don't see why they wouldn't. English does things very similarly to Klingo=
n: a man's "buddy" or "mate" is almost always a man=2C and conversely a wom=
an's "girlfriend" (when she's not using that term to refer to her romantic =
partner) is always a woman. That doesn't put restrictions on what kinds of =
friendships one is able to have=2C or with whom.
QeS
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ghItlhpu' naHQun=2C jatlh:<br>>=3B We have chaj and maqoch for close frie=
nds of the same gender=2C but no words for close friends of the opposite ge=
nder.<div><div>>=3B How would one communicate a comparable =3Bclosene=
ss?<br></div><div><br>I ran into exactly this problem in translating The Ma=
n in the Panther Skin=2C and rendered it with {jupoywI'} "my beloved friend=
".<br><br></div>>=3B Or do Klingons just not have these types of friendsh=
ips?<br><br>I don't see why they wouldn't. English does things very similar=
ly to Klingon: a man's "buddy" or "mate" is almost always a man=2C and conv=
ersely a woman's "girlfriend" (when she's not using that term to refer to h=
er romantic partner) is always a woman. That doesn't put restrictions on wh=
at kinds of friendships one is able to have=2C or with whom.<br><br>QeS<br>=
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