Re: [tlhIngan Hol] DIfference between..

On Mon, Jul 8, 2019 at 12:15 PM mayqel qunen'oS <mihkoun@gmail.com> wrote:

Can someone explain, what's the difference (if any) between {Duj lI'be} and {tu'HomI'raH Duj} ?

*tu'HomI'raH Duj *doesn't necessarily imply that the ship is useless. It could apply to a ship carrying useless things, or a ship owned by a useless person (*vIqawchu'chugh*, the use on the Klingon CD shows *tu'HomI'raH* can be used as an insult). (*tu'HomI'raH* also seems like it might be a stronger sentiment than *lI'be'*, since it's a very long root word, and Klingons tend towards conciseness. Even *lI'be'wI'* would be shorter. I feel like something's uselessness would have to be pretty noteworthy to warrant all those syllables.)