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

[Felix Malmenbeck]

How do y'all deal with saying things like "He/She prefers X over Y."?

My usuall way of saying it is {X Y je qelDI' [ghaH], X maS [ghaH].}

When specifically speaking of one's own preferences, I suppose {X qaq law' Y qaq puS.} would do the job.
When you want to talk about another person's preferences, I suspect adding {ghaHvaD} to the beginning would do the job in most cases (though not all; if you're talking about assassinations, the sentence {voDleHvaD tar qaq law' Daqtagh qaq puS.} might not be a statement of the Emperor's personal preference).

Perhaps a less ambiguous way to say it would be {X qaq law' Y qaq puS 'e' Qub [ghaH].} ("He/She thinks that X is more preferable than Y.").

I guess one could also do something with -'e' (similar to what one can do with law'/puS constructions).

{X'e' Y'e' je X maS ghaH.} - "Concerning X and Y, he/she prefers X."
{Hoch SuvwI''e' ghaH vImaS.} - "Of all the warriors, I prefer him/her."

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From: Steven Boozer [sboozer at uchicago.edu]
Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2012 16:10
To: tlhingan-hol at kli.org
Subject: Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: maS

> Klingon Word of the Day for Thursday, December 27, 2012
>
> Klingon word:   maS
> Part of speech: verb
> Definition:     prefer

AFAIK there's only one example in canon:

jar DamaSqu'bogh yIngu'
What/Which is your favorite month? (st.k 12/12/96)
("Identify the month that you very much prefer!")

st.k 12/12/1996:  "In this case, since prefer involves making a choice, the one chosen is automatically the one that is most preferred.

Related words:

neH             want (v)
qaq             be preferable (v)
wIv             choose, select (v)

wIv             choice (n)


--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons

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