[tlhIngan Hol] {-rup} or {-beH} ?

[Lieven]

Am 29.12.2016 um 13:38 schrieb mayqel qunenoS:
> In order to indicate that a person is ready to do whatever we use {-rup}.
>
> In order to indicate that a device is ready to do whatever we use {-beH}.
>
> If however we want to say "his leg was ready to break", do we say
> {ghorrup 'uSDaj} or {ghorbeH 'uSDaj} ?

How do you know the leg was ready? If there is a flashing light 
indicating it, use -beH. It the leg told you it's ready, then use -rup.

I think that body parts, or anything else aside from beings and 
machines, can "be ready" in the sense you want to express. It seems like 
an english language idea which just does not exist in Klingon.

If you still ask how to express that, ask yourself what you want to say. 
Explain it to me: What does it mean, "the leg was ready to break"?


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