Klingons don’t need to be willing to say that. You need to be willing to re-phrase everything, and leave it to context. I try to avoid using -ghach, but this might be a good use for it: potlh/'ut ghu'vam pojqangghachlIj - Your willingness to analyze of this situation is important/essential (depending on the severity of the “need” part)

On Jan 23, 2019, at 02:56, mayqel qunenoS <mihkoun@gmail.com> wrote:

I've been wondering lately, how to express something like "you need to be willing to analyze this situation".

Normally I would write {ghu'vam DapojnISqang}, but of course since {-nIS} and {-qang} can't co-exist, its out of the question.

So, I thought of writing {ghu'vam DapojmeH yIpojqang} for "in order to analyze this situation, be willing to analyze it". Granted, meaning-wise, its not *exactly* the same as the intended "you need to be willing to analyze this situation", but I think its pretty close.

Does anyone have a better idea ?

And by saying "better" I mean truly better; I'm not asking for arguments "klingons wouldn't say that", or crap like "re-phrase everything, and leave it to context".

If someone wants to go from new york to los angeles, he goes from new york to los angeles; perhaps he will stop somewhere in between, but he certainly won't go through china.

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