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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 12/18/2019 10:27 AM, nIqolay Q
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Dec 18, 2019 at 10:06 AM
mayqel qunen'oS <<a href="mailto:mihkoun@gmail.com"
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<div dir="auto">ok, I see..
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<div dir="auto">But {ngagh} aside..</div>
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<div dir="auto">In english, do you use the verb "to mate" for
humans ?</div>
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<div dir="auto">Or is it primarily used for animals ?</div>
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class="gmail_default">I'd say "to mate" is mostly used for
animals. You can use it in reference to people, but to me, it
sounds either detached and clinical (as if you were referring
to people as some sort of livestock or wildlife),</div>
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<p>In English, intransitive <i>mate</i> tends to be used only for
wildlife, and it means to copulate. Transitive <i>mate</i> can be
used for livestock, meaning the person causes the animals to
breed. It is rarely used to refer to people.</p>
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<div>In Klingon, from the example of {yIH ngaghwI'}, it seems that
you can use {ngagh} to refer to people, but it probably has more
vulgar overtones than {nga'chuq}. (For instance, you might use
it in the chorus of {Sumqu'} by {vI' jav jav 'uj 'abbogh
Hut'Inmey'e'}: {qangagh vIneH, Ha'DIbaH vIrur vIneH.})</div>
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<p>I think <b>yIH ngaghwI'</b> is insulting because it brings the
target of the insult down to the level of an animal. But whether
that's because <b>ngagh</b> is for animals and <b>nga'chuq</b>
is for people or just because you're talking about doing it with a
<b>yIH,</b> I don't know.<br>
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