Sometime ago, when I asked whether {ghelwI'} could be understood as "question", I was told that the answer is "no", since the meaning would be "asker", and not "question".. maj. At star trek discovery, there is the sentence: {buQwI'vam 'omlu'meH wa' mIw tu'lu'} there is one way to confront this threat Can someone explain, why {buQwI'} means "threat", and not "threatener" ? Now, don't get me wrong.. I am convinced that {ghelwI'} is "asker" and not "question". And I'm grateful to the people who explained to me what was going on. But there is no way, I will swallow, that {buQwI'} means "threat". mayqel q
{buQ} means "to threaten" so {buQwI'} means "person or thing that threatens" which is what a "threat" is. qurgh On Oct 7, 2017 2:22 PM, "mayqel qunenoS" <mihkoun@gmail.com> wrote:
Sometime ago, when I asked whether {ghelwI'} could be understood as "question", I was told that the answer is "no", since the meaning would be "asker", and not "question"..
maj.
At star trek discovery, there is the sentence:
{buQwI'vam 'omlu'meH wa' mIw tu'lu'} there is one way to confront this threat
Can someone explain, why {buQwI'} means "threat", and not "threatener" ?
Now, don't get me wrong.. I am convinced that {ghelwI'} is "asker" and not "question". And I'm grateful to the people who explained to me what was going on.
But there is no way, I will swallow, that {buQwI'} means "threat".
mayqel q
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Am 07.10.2017 um 20:22 schrieb mayqel qunenoS:
At star trek discovery, there is the sentence:
{buQwI'vam 'omlu'meH wa' mIw tu'lu'} there is one way to confront this threat
Can someone explain, why {buQwI'} means "threat", and not "threatener" ?
This is actually easy to answer: It's the english which is confusing, not the Klingon. In the phrase, they are talking about the federation, which is the threatener indeed. So there is nothing wrong with the {buQwI'}, the "one who is threatening." -- Lieven L. Litaer aka the "Klingon Teacher from Germany" http://www.klingonisch.net http://www.klingonwiki.net/En/StarTrekDiscovery
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