[Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: 'Il

[David Trimboli]

On 6/25/2013 10:23 AM, Steven Boozer wrote:
>> Klingon word: 'Il
 >> Part of speech: verb
 >> Definition: be sincere
>
> As used in canon:
>
> yI'Il! Be sincere! KGT
>
> KGT 189:  Thus, if the occupant of a room heard a door chime, there
> would probably be no misunderstanding as a result of his or her
> saying {yI'Il!} ("Be sincere!") rather than the correct {yI'el!}
> ("Enter!"). In the situation at hand, only "Enter!" makes any sense.

KGT also explains that commanding with a verb of quality usually 
requires {-'egh} and {-moH}; leaving these off might be used for 
idiomatic expressions.

yI'Il'eghmoH
be sincere! make yourself sincere!

I don't see a contradiction with the above, since we're not told that 
{yI'Il} is how you would normally command someone to be sincere, just 
that it translates as "be sincere!"

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