Klingon word: pab Part of speech: verb Definition: follow (rules) Source: TKD _______________________________________________ qorDu' lurDechmeyna' pab tlhInganpu' With strong [Klingon] family traditions... (S13) tlhIngan tIgh yIpab Live the Klingon way (PB, intro) qa'lI' quv yIpab Follow the honor in your spirit PB nablIj yIpab You may go on as planned (PB) jIlay'ta' 'ej batlh jIpabta' vaj choDanIS I have kept my word of honor, And so should you, (PB) jIlay'DI' reH batlh jIpabchugh Qapla'meywIj Hoch vIta'ta' 'e' DaHar'a' Did you think that my word of honor would have carried me this far? (PB) qotarvaD lay'ta' 'ej batlh pab qeylIS Kahless kept his word of honor to Kotar (PB) bIleghlaH jIlay'ta' 'ej batlh jIpabta' As you see, I have kept my word (PB) tugh 'Ipvetlh Dapab DaneH'a'? "How would you like to keep that promise, very soon?" (PB) vay' mIpmoHbe' DIvI'vam, 'ej Hov leng qangtlhIn pabchu'. This organization does not enrich anyone (financially), and it perfectly follows the ideology of Star Trek. (PCHC 2016) wa' qangtlhIn wIpab. We follow one creed. (DSC "The Vulcan Hello") batlh ghob yIpab Adhere to virtue honorably. (TKW) [(TKW 47): The Klingon verb in the expression, {pab}, is here translated adhere, but it is also used to mean follow, in the sense of following rules, suggesting perhaps that, though not officially laws, virtues should be followed as if they were.] tlhIngan tIgh yIpab Live the Klingon way (PB) 'ach 'ejyo' qangtlhIn nIb pabtaH 'ej vangwI' najwI' je puq poH SIghbogh tuch'e' lujalbogh ngotlhwI'pu' boptaH. ...while embracing the same ideology and hope for the future that inspired a generation of dreamers and doers. (DSC/Lieven: Netflix Klingon Announcement) (KGT 2): Of course using a language involves choosing appropriate vocabulary and following the rules of pronunciation and grammar... SEE ALSO: mub be legal (v) Sor speak literally (v) bIv break [rules] (v) Hat be illegal (v) yem sin (v) "Any fool can make a rule. And every fool will mind it." (Henry David Thoreau) "I worked it out so that there are two different words for spoon, *planko* and *janko*. *Planko* is a spoon with food, *janko* is a spoon without food. *Janko* is spelled with a silent *ptang*. Sheldon, you're not even listening to the rules of my made-up language!" [Amy Farah Fowler to Sheldon Cooper, "The Deception Verification", Big Bang Theory] -- Voragh Ca'Non Master of the Klingons