On Thu, Jun 2, 2016 at 2:46 PM, qe'San <qeSan@btinternet.com> wrote:
-----Original Message----- From: Lieven [mailto:levinius@gmx.de] Sent: Monday, May 30, 2016 11:39 AM To: tlhingan-hol@stodi.digitalkingdom.org Subject: Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Conversational klingon and the use of {nuq}
Am 30.05.2016 um 12:27 schrieb mayqel qunenoS:
the longer a klingon sentence is, the happier I get !
That sounds like those people who prefer {HISlaH} over {HIja'} simply because they enjoy knowing another word (since HIja' can also mean "tell me").
Just curious regards other's use of {HISlaH} and {HIja'}. I know there's no difference and correct me if I'm wrong but personally I like {HIja'} and especially with the glottal stop cutting off it's short and sweet well befitting any enthusiastic yes as opposed to a {HISlaH} which I personally prefer for a reluctant yes like I'm saying yes but swearing under my breath as I do so ;-)
Do other people just use the one they prefer, randomly use either or some other personal rule of thumb?
I started learning Klingon with just Conversational Klingon and Power Klingon for several months before I got a copy of TKD. By the time I had the book in head, {HIja'} was already ingrained in my memory as *THE* word for "yes". It didn't even register that {HISlaH} was "yes" until I had to actually look it up. qurgh