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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Okrand on “agree”:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">(st.klingon, 3/02/1998): Which brings us to {Qochbe'} and {QochHa'}. Both consist of the verb {Qoch} “disagree” plus a negative
suffix. … {Qochbe'} implies an absence of disagreeing (hence “agree”); {QochHa'} implies that any disagreeing was misplaced or misconstrued or perhaps has been "undone." English lacks a simple way to say this.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">If you want some punch, he’s provided at least two types:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">(KGT 159): The slang term [{qang}] may be found in such sentences as {jIHDaq Daqang} (“You always agree with me, you always cooperate
with me”; literally, “You pour [something] into me”). To say that someone “pours (always agrees)” is somewhat derogatory, implying that the agreeing or cooperating may be for ulterior motives. Nonslang equivalents of {qang}, though lacking the negative connotation,
are {reH Qochbe'} (“always agree”), {reH yeq} (“always cooperate”), and {reH jIj} (“always be cooperative”).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">(KGT 105-06): … the Klingon phrase {wa' DoS wIqIp} (“We hit one target”) or the shorter {DoS wIqIp} (“We hit a target”) is frequently
heard in conversations that have nothing to do with shooting, targets, or even weaponry. It is a way of saying “We agree”. By the same token, {cha' DoSmey DIqIp} ("We hit two targets") or the shorter {DoSmey DIqIp} ("We hit targets") normally means "We disagree."
… Incidentally, the word {DoSmey} brings with it connotations of "scattered all about," so {DoSmey DIqIp} really means something like "We hit scattered targets," an image that fits the idiomatic meaning of "We disagree" quite well.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">There may be others, however keep in mind…
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">(KGT 172): Agreeing is not a trait typically associated with Klingon nature, however, and apparently, at least under certain circumstances,
this may extend to grammar as well. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Voragh<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Ca'Non Master of the Klingons<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><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 qunen'oS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:4.0pt">SuStel:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:4.0pt">> Say I agree in Klingon. Give it punch.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:4.0pt">I can't. Indeed, saying "I don't disagree" lacks the punch of "I agree". Or the "I reject" word too..<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:4.0pt">And an even better example is the {qamuSHa'} which *feels* light years away from "I love you".<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:4.0pt">But since it's a constructed language, I guess we'll have to make due with the limited choices we have..<o:p></o:p></p>
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