On Tue, 17 Nov 2020 at 20:12, nIqolay Q <niqolay0@gmail.com> wrote:
On Tue, Nov 17, 2020 at 1:49 PM SuStel <sustel@trimboli.name> wrote:
I don't get what the *vIqawba'* is doing here. If it means what it looks like it means, *I obviously remember it,* then this is not a subordinate clause lacking a main clause.
If I remember the history of the STID dialogue, I think it's there to fill out the line while Uhura's mouth kept moving.
It's an unusual sentence either way. It seems like *vIqawba'* is referring to the subordinate clause as the object: "Because honor is important. I obviously remember it." ("it" being the fact that honor is important.)
The original filmed line was {mughojmoH parmaqqaywI'} (Uhura's response to the Klingon leader asking how she speaks Klingon). I can imagine the look on Dr. Okrand's face when the director told him, "Hey, I want to change this already-filmed line to mean 'because you care about honour'..." -- De'vID