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

[Robyn Stewart]

qechmey:

X Y je luqellu'DI' X vImaS.

X, Y je vIparHa' 'a X vImaS.

X QaQ law' Y QaQ puS.

QaQ Y. Dun X.

wa' nab wIwIvnIS. QIp X, QaplaH Y, 'a Z vImaS.

X vImaS, veb Y, Qav Z.

'IH yuQvetlh 'ach maSvam vImaS. :-)

> >> 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'.
>
>
>________________________________________
>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:
> >
> > How do y'all deal with saying things like "He/She prefers X over Y."?
>
>X maS; Y maSbe'.
>
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