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 originalĀ 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'..."

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De'vID