[tlhIngan Hol] -qu'chu' vs -chu'qu'

[Will Martin]

parmaqay’’a’na'wI’, jaghwI’ chaH jaghlI’’e’. qorDu’wIj ‘oH qorDu’lIj’e’. tuqmaj DaDunmoHtaH. SoHvaD jIHeghqangneS, ‘ach tuqmaj vIchoqtaHmeH jIyIntaH.

You don’t just “love" a Klingon. You earn that love and prove that you’ve earned it.

Only a human would be so lazy as to sum up affection with “I really, really, really looooooooove you,” without proving it by explaining what you mean. That’s why there isn’t really a Klingon verb for “love”. Humans BUILT one out of {muS} because the really, really, really want to say how much they loooooooove you.

I mean, you guys actually expect to win over a woman without having to recite bad poetry or dodge any heavy objects.

Sheesh!

Where’s your sense of romance?

charghwI’ vaghnerya’ngan

rInpa’ bomnIS be’’a’ pI’.

> On Nov 19, 2020, at 8:47 AM, mayqel qunen'oS <mihkoun at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> be'nalDajvaD jatlh wa': qamuSHa'qu'chu'.
> 
> be'nalDajvaD jatlh latlh: qamuSHa'chu'qu'.
> 
> Who loves his wife more ?
> 
> ~ Dana'an
> 
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