[tlhIngan Hol] Clarification on SIch

[Will Martin]

Hmmm. {DIl} 

So, I pay a baker five {DeQmey} for a {chab}…

chabDaj vIDIlmeH vutwI’vetlhvaD vagh DeQ vInob. 

It works, but it doesn’t give us a very efficient a means of connecting the money with the pie or the person to buy it from.

chabwIj DIllu’meH vagh DeQ vIpoQ.

Klingons obviously aren’t Farengi. No wonder Klingon vendors just stare at you and then gripe, {nuqneH?}

Talk about buying and selling things and establishing value for things is not as simple in Klingon as in many other languages.

This explains a lot. I’m no longer surprised that they’d rather just beat you up and take the pie.

It’s simpler and takes less time.

charghwI’ vaghnerya’ngan

rInpa’ bomnIS be’’a’ pI’.

> On Apr 10, 2019, at 4:53 PM, De'vID <de.vid.jonpin at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Huh? The confusion is *due* to the verb's inconsistent meaning due to context and use with prepositions in English. It's the same problem that came up with {DIl} earlier.
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> {DIl} means that the subject is giving out something, to obtain something or fulfil a financial obligation. A short way to gloss that in English is "pay for". But English is inconsistent in that you pay for a meal, pay rent, pay off a mortgage, etc. 
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