[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."?
> X maS; Y maSbe'.

That makes sense ... and is quite economical! In particular, I think that works very well when one wants to talk about actions.

jIyIt 'e' vImaS. jIqet 'e' vImaSbe'.

Sort of like the canonical:
bISuv ’e’ yIwIv bISutlh ’e’ yIwIvQo’. {"Choose to fight, not negotiate."}


I'd probably use some other alternative when wanting to say "ghaH prefers X over Y, but prefers Y over Z.", since otherwise there's a risk I'd be perceived to be contradicting myself.
X maS; Y maSbe'. Y maS; Z maSbe'.


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From: David Trimboli [david at trimboli.name]
Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2012 21:08
To: tlhingan-hol at stodi.digitalkingdom.org
Subject: Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: maS

On 12/27/2012 2:20 PM, Felix Malmenbeck wrote:
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> How do y'all deal with saying things like "He/She prefers X over Y."?

X maS; Y maSbe'.

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