<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Oct 14, 2021 at 9:27 AM mayqel qunen'oS <<a href="mailto:mihkoun@gmail.com">mihkoun@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Something which I wondered some time ago, was how to express "especially".<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">"thalaron radiation is an alien weapon, especially of the remans"</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">One way to approach this is by writing in detail what "especially of the remans" actually means. For example "used mainly by the remans", "mostly developed by the remans", "having been made known by the remans", etc..</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">On the other hand, perhaps we could avoid going from New York to Los Angeles through Chile, by simply writing:</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">nov nuH 'oH thalaron woj'e', 'ej rIymuSngan nuH 'oHchu'.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Of course, if anyone has a better idea, then qeylIS knows, I'd love to hear it.<br></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Looking at the definitions for "<a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/especially">especially</a>" on Wiktionary, one of them in particular seems to fit what you're going for:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">3. (focus) Used to place greater emphasis upon someone or something.<br> <span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"></span><i>Invite them all, <b>especially</b> Molly.</i></blockquote><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="gmail_default"><i><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"></span></i><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">And we already know one Klingon grammar feature with precisely that meaning.</span> So maybe something like: <br></div></div><div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="gmail_default"><b>nov nuH 'oH <i>thalaron</i> woj'e', lulo' rIymuSnganpu''e'. </b><i>"Thalaron radiation is an alien weapon, Remans in particular use it."</i></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="gmail_default">Or one with somewhat more controversial grammar:</div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="gmail_default"><b>nuH 'oH <i>thalaron</i> woj'e', lulo' novpu' rIymuSnganpu''e' je</b> <i>"Thalaran radiation is a weapon, aliens and especially Remans use it."</i></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="gmail_default"></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="gmail_default"><i></i></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="gmail_default">Your example also works, but <b>-chu'</b> feels like the wrong ending to me. <b>X 'oHchu'</b> makes me think "it is perfectly an X, it is a perfect example of X, it is a quintessential X", things of that nature. (To illustrate what I'm getting at: <b>tlhIngan nuH 'oH meqleH'e', 'ach tlhIngan nuH 'oHchu' betleH'e'.</b>) Maybe one of these:<br></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="gmail_default"><b>nov nuH 'oH <i>thalaron</i> woj'e', 'ej rIymuSngan nuH 'oHbej.</b> <i>"Thalaron radiation is an alien weapon, and it is certainly a Reman weapon."</i></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="gmail_default">
<b>nov nuH 'oH <i>thalaron</i> woj'e', 'ej rIymuSngan nuH 'oHqu'. </b><i>"Thalaron radiation is an alien weapon, and it is very much a Reman weapon."</i>
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