[Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: jang

[Noah Bogart]

>
> As used in canon:
>
>  jang 'avwI' <<jIghung je>>
>  The guard replies, "I am also hungry." PK
>
>  jang 'avwI' <<jI'oj je>>
>  The guard replies, "I am also thirsty." PK
>
>  jang 'avwI' <<lIchopbe'chugh ghewmey!>>
>  The guard answers, "If the bugs do not bite you!" PK
>
>
> Related verbs:
> {ghel} "ask (a question)", {yu'} "question, interrogate" & {tlhob} "ask,
> request, plead"
>
>
> Mark Okrand described the use of {jang} in an interview with Will Martin
> (HolQeD [Dec. 1998: p.4-7]):
>
>   [....]
>
> WM:   Just to mention particular verbs in terms of whether they can be
>      used for speech or not, you are saying that {ghel} is a word that
>      would probably not be used typically as a verb of speech. That
>      even if you are asking a question you would still tend to use
>      {ja'} or {jatlh}.
>
> MO:   Yes. "He asked me. He said,'blah, blah, blah'." Or "He said,
>      'blah, blah, blah.' He asked me."  It doesn't matter.
>
> WM:   {jang} - "answer" would be similar?
>
> MO:   Yes.
>
> WM:   And {tlhob} would similarly be...
>
> MO:   {tlhob} also has the non-quoting sense.
>
>   [....]
>

The Power Klingon examples seem to contradict the HolQeD conversation,
don't they? PK doesn't have: {jang 'avwI'. jatlh <<jI'oj je>>}, which is
what MO was suggesting, right?
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