[tlhIngan Hol] With regards to invectives

[Steven Boozer]

AFAIK there’s only the one example of in the paq’batlh:

  tuHbe' tlhInganvam jay'
  Curse this Klingon, who has no shame! (PB)

We have several examples of the unusual adverbial {jay’} and it’s use is understood but, as qunnoq was asking how “the other invectives i.e. {va} {Hu'tegh} {ghay'cha'} {baQa'}” are used, I didn’t list it.

--Voragh

From: nIqolay Q

On Wed, Jul 19, 2017 at 12:17 PM, Steven Boozer <sboozer at uchicago.edu<mailto:sboozer at uchicago.edu>> wrote:
Oddly, I couldn’t find any examples of invective used in the paq’batlh.  Perhaps they’re considered inappropriate in religious/classical literature - even for Klingons!  (qunnoq, are there any in the Iliad or Odyssey, or have these texts been expurgated over the centuries?)
I'm pretty sure there's at least one {jay'} in there. The English line started as something like "Curse this Klingon...", but I don't remember the exact line nor where in the book it was.



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