On 8/24/2017 9:17 AM, mayqel qunenoS wrote:
Often, I come across the need to say the word "ridiculous", but unfortunately this word doesn't exist in klingon.
The only word we have is {nuS} (v) "to ridicule". Is it possible, through the use of suffixes or by any other way, to produce the word "ridiculous", from {nuS} ?
I would be more likely to invoke *Dogh* or *lI'be'* or something like that. I suppose you could say something like *DujlIj vInuS*/I ridicule your ship,/ but why are you informing the listener about your ridicule rather than actually doing the ridiculing? My wife uses the word /ridiculous/ so vaguely and frequently that I can never tell whether she's saying something is good or bad. "That price was ridiculous!" is something she might say, and I can't tell if she means the thing was surprisingly cheap or insanely expensive. Exactly what meaning of /ridiculous/ are you looking for? Use it in context. -- SuStel http://trimboli.name