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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] "So what's Klingon for 'Now get your kit off?'"
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Trimboli)
Tue May 28 15:35:21 2013
Date: Tue, 28 May 2013 15:34:45 -0400
From: David Trimboli <david@trimboli.name>
To: tlhingan-hol@stodi.digitalkingdom.org
In-Reply-To: <CADpKWq7FV6B1URoTR7003+etXu8+QWJ7ERQgGMR=-PEQVaBuNA@mail.gmail.com>
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On 5/28/2013 2:44 PM, Ruben Molina wrote:
> On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 1:19 PM, De'vID <de.vid.jonpin@gmail.com> wrote:
>> [The linked article is about STID, but there are no spoilers as the
>> relevant scene is in the trailer.]
>>
>> <yItuQHa'choH!>
>>
>
> I can't parse it correctly
> "You change to unwear" ?
Try not to be so strict in your parsing. {-choH} means there is a change
of state in something, not necessarily that you're changing something.
It may mean that you're starting or stopping something.
tuQ = wear
tuQHa' = undress (undo-wear)
tuQHa'choH = undress, resulting in a change of state (from not
undressing to undressing)
yItuQHa'choH = undress! (command), resulting in a change of state
That is, "Begin undressing!" Exactly *who* is being undressed is not
specified.
> But I don't really undertand the English meaning of
> 'Now get your kit off' either
>
> I am thinking on:
>
> <yItuQHa''eghmoH!>
> "undress yourself"
{tuQ} has always been controversial, due to the odd translations we get
in TKD. I happen to agree with your suggestion. "Get your kit off" means
"get undressed"; I don't see a {-choH} in that.
---
"We should have done a better job of not being gratuitous in our
representation of a barely clothed actress."
That's the funniest thing I've heard all day. "Oops! Still being a
little gratuitous. Let's try a little harder to show her in her
underwear for a GOOD REASON."
--
SuStel
http://www.trimboli.name/
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