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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: maS
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Felix Malmenbeck)
Thu Dec 27 14:21:38 2012
From: Felix Malmenbeck <felixm@kth.se>
To: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>, "tlhingan-hol@kli.org"
<tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2012 19:20:50 +0000
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How do y'all deal with saying things like "He/She prefers X over Y."?
My usuall way of saying it is {X Y je qelDI' [ghaH], X maS [ghaH].}
When specifically speaking of one's own preferences, I suppose {X qaq law' Y qaq puS.} would do the job.
When you want to talk about another person's preferences, I suspect adding {ghaHvaD} to the beginning would do the job in most cases (though not all; if you're talking about assassinations, the sentence {voDleHvaD tar qaq law' Daqtagh qaq puS.} might not be a statement of the Emperor's personal preference).
Perhaps a less ambiguous way to say it would be {X qaq law' Y qaq puS 'e' Qub [ghaH].} ("He/She thinks that X is more preferable than Y.").
I guess one could also do something with -'e' (similar to what one can do with law'/puS constructions).
{X'e' Y'e' je X maS ghaH.} - "Concerning X and Y, he/she prefers X."
{Hoch SuvwI''e' ghaH vImaS.} - "Of all the warriors, I prefer him/her."
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From: Steven Boozer [sboozer@uchicago.edu]
Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2012 16:10
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
Subject: Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: maS
> Klingon Word of the Day for Thursday, December 27, 2012
>
> Klingon word: maS
> Part of speech: verb
> Definition: prefer
AFAIK there's only one example in canon:
jar DamaSqu'bogh yIngu'
What/Which is your favorite month? (st.k 12/12/96)
("Identify the month that you very much prefer!")
st.k 12/12/1996: "In this case, since prefer involves making a choice, the one chosen is automatically the one that is most preferred.
Related words:
neH want (v)
qaq be preferable (v)
wIv choose, select (v)
wIv choice (n)
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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