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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: 'Il
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Trimboli)
Tue Jun 25 12:33:04 2013
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2013 12:32:34 -0400
From: David Trimboli <david@trimboli.name>
To: tlhingan-hol@stodi.digitalkingdom.org
In-Reply-To: <ACF6622D959A8842A81E4471BA56A7E001F54CEC@xm-mbx-04-prod.ad.uchicago.edu>
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On 6/25/2013 10:23 AM, Steven Boozer wrote:
>> Klingon word: 'Il
>> Part of speech: verb
>> Definition: be sincere
>
> As used in canon:
>
> yI'Il! Be sincere! KGT
>
> KGT 189: Thus, if the occupant of a room heard a door chime, there
> would probably be no misunderstanding as a result of his or her
> saying {yI'Il!} ("Be sincere!") rather than the correct {yI'el!}
> ("Enter!"). In the situation at hand, only "Enter!" makes any sense.
KGT also explains that commanding with a verb of quality usually
requires {-'egh} and {-moH}; leaving these off might be used for
idiomatic expressions.
yI'Il'eghmoH
be sincere! make yourself sincere!
I don't see a contradiction with the above, since we're not told that
{yI'Il} is how you would normally command someone to be sincere, just
that it translates as "be sincere!"
--
SuStel
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