The issue is a cultural one. Klingons generally consider successfully enduring suffering to be a positive experience. -- SuStel http://trimboli.name From: Lieven L. Litaer Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2018 7:29 AM To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org Subject: Re: [tlhIngan Hol] If I wrote.. Am 18.10.2018 um 13:03 schrieb De'vID:
Why is it negative? {SIQ} has no necessarily negative connotations in Klingon.
For example, {yIn nI' yISIQ 'ej yIchep!} conveys a positive sentiment.
Yes, and a celebrant of a party or an event is called the {SIQwI'}. I have the negative connotation from the English gloss "endure, bear", which somehow sounds to me like suffering, as in {'oy' DaSIQjaj} "May you endure the pain". Using Data's words "enduring physical suffering is considered a Klingon spiritual test" (TKW 43) Tha'Ts why I always considered the word {SIQ} as "live with something that's not so pleasant". I understand that is does not need a negative connotation, I'm just explaining why I see it as such. -- Lieven L. Litaer aka the "Klingon Teacher from Germany" http://www.klingonisch.de http://www.klingonwiki.net/En/TheKlingonWay _______________________________________________ tlhIngan-Hol mailing list tlhIngan-Hol@lists.kli.org http://lists.kli.org/listinfo.cgi/tlhingan-hol-kli.org