To be honest, I can't perfectly "feel" the exact meaning of "complacent", since in greek we don't possess a single word to encompass its whole meaning, as I read it in google translate. Perhaps {maSaHHa'choH 'ej manguqchoH}, would work too, but I don't know for sure.. qunnoq On Sep 29, 2017 20:29, "SuStel" <sustel@trimboli.name> wrote: On 9/29/2017 1:23 PM, mayqel qunenoS wrote: Anyways, I did however ask myself how I would choose to express the "we have become complacent", because I can't understand how they express it in that trailer, and I came up with: {maSaHHa'choH} *We become unconcerned.* It's not quite enough for me; I'd add a bit: *maSaHHa'choH 'ej mayonchoH** we become unconcerned and satisfied.* The claim that Klingon is more compact than English isn't necessarily true: English has many simple words that take several in Klingon. -- SuStelhttp://trimboli.name _______________________________________________ tlhIngan-Hol mailing list tlhIngan-Hol@lists.kli.org http://lists.kli.org/listinfo.cgi/tlhingan-hol-kli.org
On 9/29/2017 1:38 PM, mayqel qunenoS wrote:
To be honest, I can't perfectly "feel" the exact meaning of "complacent", since in greek we don't possess a single word to encompass its whole meaning, as I read it in google translate.
Perhaps {maSaHHa'choH 'ej manguqchoH}, would work too, but I don't know for sure..
/Complacent/ doesn't really have an /arrogant/ connotation, except that someone who is complacent when danger is bearing down on him might be complacent because he is arrogant about his abilities. But it's not in the core meaning of the word. It means you're content with yourself or your situation and not concerned with making changes or progress. -- SuStel http://trimboli.name
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