[tlhIngan Hol] new words episode 14 and 15

[Lieven L. Litaer]

For the Klingon subtitles in episode 114, Marc Okrand could get Maltz to 
talk again, and revealed the following words. All of the following are 
direct quotes of Okrand:

{QIl} v. "be desperate", as when there's no way out, they have nothing 
to lose. This includes ideas like "last-ditch, do-or-die, hopeless, doomed."

{maleSya'} n. Malaysia

Think of {rang} as "be responsible for."  As I mentioned, it takes an 
object ({ngoy'} does not).  {rang} cannot be used as an adjective.

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Using {qaw} "remember" seems to work in your example of {Dochmey 
qawbogh} "things he remembers/remembered."

But I agree — it's a little awkward. And what one remembers should 
probably be described as something better or descriptive than simply 
"things."

We've got {qawHaq} "memory banks." Maltz didn't know what {Haq} in this 
word was. (He said it has nothing to do with surgery — that's just a 
coincidence.)  But {qaw}, he said, is a perfectly fine noun meaning 
"memory" in the sense of the ability to remember or the power of recall. 
  It does not refer to specific memories or recollections. That's a 
different word: {wov'on}.

It's more common to hear {wov'on qaw} "he/she remembers a memory" than 
{wov'on ghaj} "he/she has a memory," though the colloquial (English) 
translation of the former would be "he/she has a memory."  Someone who 
remembers a lot of stuff or who can easily remember things (like dates 
or lines of a play) may be said to have a {qaw pov} "excellent memory."

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Regarding the verb "compare", I (Lieven) asked whether this would work:
{A-mey patlhmoH C} "C sorts his A" (for instance, his socks)
Okrand said:

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In general, yes.  I suppose you could say this if A means "socks," but 
that would imply that the person doing the sorting likes or values some 
socks more than some others.
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(so it wouldn't be used to clean your room. It's still about ranking.)


-- 
Lieven L. Litaer
aka the "Klingon Teacher from Germany"
http://www.klingonisch.de
http://www.klingonwiki.net/En/DSC114