[Tlhingan-hol] Klingon WOTD: Dal (verb)

Steven Boozer sboozer at uchicago.edu
Mon Jun 4 06:45:52 PDT 2012


You can also hear {SuDal} "All of you are boring" on CK.


--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Felix Malmenbeck [mailto:felixm at kth.se]
> 
> For instance {Dal} means <It is boring>. To get the first sound in that
> word right, make sure your tongue is pointed straight up towards the
> roof
> of your mouth.
> 
> If you wanted to say <It's undoubtedly boring.> you would say:
>    {Dalbej.}
>    {Dalbej.}
>    {...}
> 
> ---------------------
> http://klingonska.org/canon/search/?file=1993-10-01-pk.txt&get=source
> 
> I also checked PK; it's correct.
> 
> If you don't have it, you can still listen to it at qurgh's website:
> http://hol.kag.org
> Click on "Media" in the top bar, then <tlhIngan Hol wab>, then "MO -
> Power Klingon", then "02 Qualifying suffixes".
> 
> 
> ________________________________________
> From: Michael Roney, Jr. PKT [nahqun at gmail.com]
> 
> On Tue, Nov 27, 2007 at 11:40 AM, Steven Boozer <sboozer at uchicago.edu>
> wrote:
> > Voragh:
> >> >Used in canon:
> >>
> >> >  Dalbej
> >> >  It's undoubtedly boring. TKD
> >
> > Jon:
> >>Can you confirm this reference? I found this sentence in PK.
> >
> > That's odd.  I can't find it in my transcript of the tape, nor can I
> find
> > it in TKD which discusses the suffix {-bej} on page 39.  I may have
> > conflated it with {chImbej} "It is undoubtedly empty" which is given
> as an
> > example.  I'll have to dig out my original handwritten transcripts I
> make
> > years ago, if I still have them.
> >
> > Thanks for catching this.
> >
> 
> I have a memory of hearing this on one of the tapes; anyone have a
> confirmed source?
> 
> ~'anan naHQun
> 
> --
> ~Michael Roney, Jr.



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