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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Courier">AFAIK the only example of an expletive used “within the sentence” – rather than an introductory exclamation or the like – was from Okrand’s notes for ST5 in a line that didn’t make it into the movie:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b> ghuy'</b> <b>po'qu' <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> Damn he's good (i.e. Kirk; ST5 notes)<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Courier">and the English could easily be re-punctuated “Damn! He’s good.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Courier"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Courier">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?) The common epithet {petaQ}, and even {petaQ’a’}, does appear a few times however.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Courier">In “The Klingon Hamlet” I know of these non-Okrandian examples:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-family:Courier"> va</span></i></b><span style="font-family:Courier">,<b><i> Do'Ha'</i></b><i>
<b>yorIq <o:p></o:p></b></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:Courier"> Alas</span></i><span style="font-family:Courier">,<i> poor Yorick</i>! (TKH)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i> baQa', Qovpatlh, toy'wI"a' qal je jIH</i></b> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> O, what a rogue and peasant slave am I! (TKH)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Courier">And finally in the TNG episode "The Mind's Eye" when Picard failed to convince Governor<i>
</i>Vagh that the Federation wasn't supplying weapons to Kriosian rebels, Vagh shouted: "You speak the lies of a *<b><i>tah-keck</i></b><i>*</i>!" Picard calmly leaned forward and replied, "*<i>Qu'vatlh guy'cha b'aka</i>!*" Vagh complimented him: "You swear
well, Picard. You must have Klingon blood in your veins." (Spellings from the closed captions).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Courier">Obviously the writers just strung some words together, but Vagh accepted it.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#44546A">--Voragh<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> mayqel qunenoS<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">So we have the {jay'}, which always comes at the end of the sentence, transforming the entire sentence into an invective.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">But how are the other invectives i.e. {va} {Hu'tegh} {ghay'cha'} {baQa'}, used ?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Are they placed at the end of the sentence ? Somewhere else within the sentence, or are they placed between sentences ?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">qunnoq<o:p></o:p></p>
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