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[Tlhingan-hol] Fwd: Re: Klingon Word of the Day: maS
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robyn Stewart)
Thu Dec 27 18:20:05 2012
Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2012 15:19:06 -0800
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
From: Robyn Stewart <robyn@flyingstart.ca>
Errors-To: tlhingan-hol-bounces@stodi.digitalkingdom.org
qechmey:
X Y je luqellu'DI' X vImaS.
X, Y je vIparHa' 'a X vImaS.
X QaQ law' Y QaQ puS.
QaQ Y. Dun X.
wa' nab wIwIvnIS. QIp X, QaplaH Y, 'a Z vImaS.
X vImaS, veb Y, Qav Z.
'IH yuQvetlh 'ach maSvam vImaS. :-)
> >> How do y'all deal with saying things like "He/She prefers X over Y."?
> > X maS; Y maSbe'.
>
>That makes sense ... and is quite economical! In particular, I think
>that works very well when one wants to talk about actions.
>
>jIyIt 'e' vImaS. jIqet 'e' vImaSbe'.
>
>Sort of like the canonical:
>bISuv 'e' yIwIv bISutlh 'e' yIwIvQo'. {"Choose to fight, not negotiate."}
>
>
>I'd probably use some other alternative when wanting to say "ghaH
>prefers X over Y, but prefers Y over Z.", since otherwise there's a
>risk I'd be perceived to be contradicting myself.
>X maS; Y maSbe'. Y maS; Z maSbe'.
>
>
>________________________________________
>From: David Trimboli [david@trimboli.name]
>Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2012 21:08
>To: tlhingan-hol@stodi.digitalkingdom.org
>Subject: Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: maS
>
>On 12/27/2012 2:20 PM, Felix Malmenbeck wrote:
> >
> > How do y'all deal with saying things like "He/She prefers X over Y."?
>
>X maS; Y maSbe'.
>
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