On Mon, Jul 1, 2019 at 10:44 AM mayqel qunen'oS
I just *feel* as a more "formal" word the {voDleH} compared to the {ta'}, but of course this is just a "feeling". I know it's based on nothing and just my feeling:
I think that due to its length, {voDleH} sounds a lot more "majestic", more formal. The word {ta'} sounds like an everyday speech word, that is problably used m ore often in daily speech. All of this is just theory of course. I probably feel the same in English, where "King" sounds less important to me than "The Emperor". Since I liked the sound and the uniqueness of the word, I translated "King" with {voDleH} in "The Little Prince". -- Lieven L. Litaer aka the "Klingon Teacher from Germany" http://www.klingonisch.de http://www.klingonwiki.net/En/TheLittlePrince