For the little verse I posted before this message, I asked Marc Okrand if there is a noun for "fear". As expected, he definitely confirmed there is not, because Maltz is a tough guy who does not know fear. Of course he is. :-) He also provided some nice way to translate the phrases. These are always nice to have as additional canon examples. ----begin quote-------------------------------------- Maltz says he knows no word for "fear." Maltz is one tough dude. He thinks using {ghIj} can work, however. "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. ----end quote---------------------------------------- Okrand added that if you find something absolutely wrong, don't accept it as a new rule. Typos are always possible. -- Lieven L. Litaer aka the "Klingon Teacher from Germany" http://www.klingonisch.de http://www.klingonwiki.net/En/MarcOkrand