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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 3/23/2020 2:25 PM, mayqel qunen'oS
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<div dir="auto">The verb {po'} is given as "be expert, skilled".</div>
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<div dir="auto">The problem though is, that while "to be
skilled", is one thing, "to be expert" is quite another.</div>
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<div dir="auto">Now, I can understand the crap we usually say,
that "context will clarify", but there are times when context
*can't* clarify, or in order for it to do so, the main story
will need to be disrupted losing its' intended focus.</div>
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<p>It doesn't mean <i>be skilled or be expert, depending on
context.</i> It means what the combination of <i>be skilled</i>
and <i>be expert</i> means. It means the subject has enough
training or ability to be really good at something.<br>
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<div dir="auto">What is a {Qel po'} ? An expert i.e. a
specialist ? Or someone "skilled", who can be just a
med-school graduate with many years of experience, but nowhere
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<p>A <b>Qel po'</b> is a doctor who has enough training or ability
to be a really good doctor.<br>
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<p>When a Klingon word is defined with more than one English term,
it doesn't mean the word means either one or the other. The
Klingon word has one meaning, possibly with multiple senses, and
it has that meaning without any connection to how many definitions
it's given in English.</p>
<p>In other words, Klingons don't think of the word <b>po'</b> as
having two meanings. It has just one meaning to them. It means <b>po'.</b>
We just don't have a single English word that means exactly what <b>po'</b>
means, so we're given a couple to try to give us a good
understanding of what <b>po'</b> actually means.<br>
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