On Thu, Oct 14, 2021 at 9:27 AM mayqel qunen'oS <mihkoun@gmail.com> wrote:
Something which I wondered some time ago, was how to express "especially".
"thalaron radiation is an alien weapon, especially of the remans"
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..
On the other hand, perhaps we could avoid going from New York to Los Angeles through Chile, by simply writing:
nov nuH 'oH thalaron woj'e', 'ej rIymuSngan nuH 'oHchu'.
Of course, if anyone has a better idea, then qeylIS knows, I'd love to hear it.
Looking at the definitions for "especially <https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/especially>" on Wiktionary, one of them in particular seems to fit what you're going for:
3. (focus) Used to place greater emphasis upon someone or something. *Invite them all, especially Molly.*
And we already know one Klingon grammar feature with precisely that meaning. So maybe something like: *nov nuH 'oH thalaron woj'e', lulo' rIymuSnganpu''e'. **"Thalaron radiation is an alien weapon, Remans in particular use it."* Or one with somewhat more controversial grammar: *nuH 'oH thalaron woj'e', lulo' novpu' rIymuSnganpu''e' je* *"Thalaran radiation is a weapon, aliens and especially Remans use it."* Your example also works, but *-chu'* feels like the wrong ending to me. *X 'oHchu'* 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: *tlhIngan nuH 'oH meqleH'e', 'ach tlhIngan nuH 'oHchu' betleH'e'.*) Maybe one of these: *nov nuH 'oH thalaron woj'e', 'ej rIymuSngan nuH 'oHbej.* *"Thalaron radiation is an alien weapon, and it is certainly a Reman weapon."* *nov nuH 'oH thalaron woj'e', 'ej rIymuSngan nuH 'oHqu'. **"Thalaron radiation is an alien weapon, and it is very much a Reman weapon."*