[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: vung

SuStel sustel at trimboli.name
Fri Sep 29 11:05:49 PDT 2017


On 9/29/2017 1:53 PM, mayqel qunenoS wrote:
> I still don't understand..{qay'wI'} for "something that is a problem" 
> is wrong ?
>
> qunnoq
>
> On Sep 29, 2017 20:50, "SuStel" <sustel at trimboli.name 
> <mailto:sustel at trimboli.name>> wrote:
>
>     On 9/29/2017 1:42 PM, mayqel qunenoS wrote:
>>     ghunchu'wI':
>>     > toH.  «qay'wI'» DalaDDI', nuq Dayaj?
>>
>>     I would understand "something that is a problem". Am I wrong ?
>
>     *vungwI'*/something that hurricanes./
>
No, *qay'wI'* is /something that is a problem./ But you were having 
trouble understanding *vungwI',* so ghunchu'wI' compared it to 
*qay'wI',* which you use all the time.

Personally, I wouldn't use *qay'wI'* as often as you do, and wouldn't at 
all for /hurricane./ I wouldn't say *qay'wI' vIghaj* or *qay'wI' 
tu'lu';* I'd say *qay' vay'.* I WOULD use *qay'wI'* in a sentence like 
*qay'wI' yIngu'*/Identify the thing that is a problem./ But once that 
had been identified, I would at most use it as an adjectival verb: 
*jolvoy' qay' vItI'*/I fix the problematical transporter ionizer unit./ 
Klingon likes precision.

It's not wrong. It's just not using Klingon in its strongest way.

-- 
SuStel
http://trimboli.name

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