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

[mayqel qunenoS]

I just thought of an additional example.

the surgeon start to perform an osteotomy, and before the saw cuts through
the opposite cortex, he says {ghorrup Homvam}.

and another one: "a white blood cell is ready to attack the invading
organism" {yotta'bogh yugh HIvrup 'Iw HanDI' chIS}.

the possibilities are truly endless.. anyway, I think that {-rup} is the
way to go.

qunnoH jan puqloD
ghoghwIj HablI'vo' vIngeHta'

On 29 Dec 2016 3:34 pm, "mayqel qunenoS" <mihkoun at gmail.com> wrote:

> I think that since bone is something alive, and since usually it "warns"
> you that it is ready to break (through pain), then the {-rup} is more
> appropriate than {-beH}.
>
> qunnoH jan puqloD
> ghoghwIj HablI'vo' vIngeHta'
>
> On 29 Dec 2016 3:26 pm, "mayqel qunenoS" <mihkoun at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> nagh 'ughqu' 'uchmo' ghorrup 'uSDaq.
>> because he was holding a very heavy rock his leg was ready to break.
>>
>> besides this example, if a bone of the leg e.g. tibia, has a large
>> osteolytic area, then (depending on various criteria) that bone can be
>> ready to break. it is what we call "impending fracture".
>>
>> qunnoH jan puqloD
>> ghoghwIj HablI'vo' vIngeHta'
>>
>> On 29 Dec 2016 3:16 pm, "Lieven" <levinius at gmx.de> wrote:
>>
>>> 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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