[Tlhingan-hol] Story: ghuv = The Recruit - 23

[Robyn Stewart]

Oh, and bIng_Daq_ legh. That *is* odd. But such is the nature of idioms.

 

From: De'vID [mailto:de.vid.jonpin at gmail.com] 
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On 11 Sep 2013 02:02, "Robyn Stewart" <robyn at flyingstart.ca> wrote:
> bIng bej/Dung bej = be face down/face up

I didn't understand the intended meaning, because I thought the Romulans
were unconscious, and {bej} implied otherwise.

I think maybe you were going for something like this line which was cut from
ST:V?
{DungDaq legh 'ej QotnIStaH romuluSngan be'pu'}
"Romulan women belong on their backs"
(Romulan women look overhead, and they need to lie down.)

But {legh} like {bej} implies consciousness. Also, I don't think that
particular line was a good translation. I wouldn't have understood the
meaning without having been first told what it was.

-- 
De'vID

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