FYI, here's a post Lieven shared with us from Okrand from February, 2018 about {ghIj}: "Maltz says he knows no word for fear. Maltz is one tough dude. He thinks using {ghIj} can work, however. Maltz knows the Federation Standard word "fear". He doesn't know a Klingon equivalent. It's one of those cases where one language has a word for something but another language doesn't. That doesn't mean you can't talk about it or express the same idea — it's just that you do it a different way. "You will encounter fear tomorrow might be {wa'leS DughIj vay'} or {wa'leS DaghIjlu'} ("Tomorrow somebody will scare you," "Tomorrow you'll be scared"). "How do I recognize fear? might be something like {vIghIjlu' chay' 'e' vISov?} ("How do/will I know that I'm scared?") "Fear speaks very loud can be recast using similar but different imagery: DaghIjlu'chugh bItIwqu' "If you're scared, you'll react really emotionally" DaghIjlu' 'e' DabuSHa'laHbe' "You can't ignore that you're scared" DaghIjlu'chugh chuSqu' QIn "If you're scared, the message is really noisy" (or {DaghIjlu'DI'…} "When you're scared…") DaghIjlu'chugh jachqu' maQ "If you're scared, the sign/omen yells (loudly)" (or {DaghIjlu'DI'…} "When you're scared…") DaghIjlu'chugh ghumqu'lu' "If you're scared, the alarm is really sounded" (or {DaghIjlu'DI'…} "When you're scared…" or {…ghumlu'bej} "…the alarm is certainly sounded" or {…ghumlu'chu'} "…the alarm is sounded perfectly" "These are only ideas; there are certainly other ways to do this." -- Voragh -----Original Message----- From: Lieven L. Litaer
On Fri, 12 Apr 2019 at 14:06, Daniel Dadap <daniel@dadap.net {jagh vISuvvIp} - obviously taboo {mughIj jagh} - is this taboo? Or just a normal and expected reaction? {Dujeychugh jagh nIv yItuHQo'} and all, but {DughIjchugh jagh nIv, DatuHnIS'a'?}
Am 12.04.2019 um 14:41 schrieb De'vID:
not qoHpu''e' neH ghIjlu'. The existence of this adage makes me fairly confident that there is no such taboo.
Yes, indeed. Besides, there is a difference between "being scared of something" and "being afraid to do something". For instance, a Klingon may say {mughIj Ha'DIbaHvam} to mention that this animal makes im feel uncomfortable for some reason, but he may be very brave and touch it anway, so he's not {touching-vIp}. A phrase from paq'batlh somehow shows the difference: jIDoghqu' vIghIjlu'mo' 'ej bortaS vIneHmo' jIleghlaHbe' 'ach chovuvtaH "What a fool I have been, blinded by fear and spite, and still you find me worthy." (PB, paq'raD, 2. qeHHa' loDnI') -- Lieven L. Litaer aka the "Klingon Teacher from Germany"