nIqolay Q:
maghoHmeH !
hahaha ! DuHvam vIqelbe' ! ~ nIghma' On Nov 9, 2017 9:30 PM, "nIqolay Q" <niqolay0@gmail.com> wrote:
On Thu, Nov 9, 2017 at 1:18 PM, mayqel qunenoS <mihkoun@gmail.com> wrote:
naDev vIpawta'DI', 'ej tlhIngan Hol vIghojchoH, jIHvaD jatlh nuv law':
mayqel, tlhIngan Hol DaghItlhtaHvIS, napnIS mu'meylIj mu'tlheghmeylIj je.
napbe' {Du'arghHa'moH}; {DuDubmoH} nap law' {Du'arghHa'moH} nap puS. meqvammo' nIvbej {DuDubmoH}.
Simplicity is a virtue, but it's not the only one. *DuDub mIvwa'* and *Du'arghHa'moH mIvwa'* have roughly similar meanings, but they potentially have different connotations because of their different root verbs. The former focuses on the idea that L'rell's appearance has gotten better, while the latter emphasizes that her appearance used to be worse. Since Qov presumably knows that the word *Dub* exists, I assume she chose *'arghHa'moH* deliberately for this disparaging connotation. (I haven't seen the episode in question, but Memory Alpha tells me that Kol and L'rell don't get along real well.)
Also, I'm not sure that a Klingon would necessarily consider *Du'arghHa'moH* to be substantially more complex than *DuDub*, since they're well-accustomed to verbs with multiple suffixes.
I suppose I could write the above in english, but if we don't write
klingon, then what are we here for ?
*maghoHmeH!*
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