[Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: Qub

[André Müller]

> Does it occur in paq'batlh?

No, there's no instance of Qub in the paq'batlh either. Maybe a pun with
{qub} which means 'to be rare'? ;)
I guess not.

- André


2014/1/13 Steven Boozer <sboozer at uchicago.edu>

> > Klingon Word of the Day for Saturday, January 11, 2014
> >
> > Klingon word: Qub
> > Part of speech: verb
> > Definition: think
> > Source: TKD
>
> {Qub} is surprisingly rare in canon, only appearing as examples in
> grammatical explanations.  (Does it occur in paq'batlh?):
>
>   ... 'e' DaQub'a'
>   Do you think that...?" (st.k)
>
>   tlhIngan Hol Dajatlh 'e' vIQub
>   I think that you speak Klingon" (st.k)
>
>   Qubchu' tlhIngan SuvwI'
>   The Klingon warrior thinks clearly. KGT
>
>
> st.klingon:  The correct way to say "Do you think that...?" is {... 'e'
> DaQub'a'?} ({'e'} is "that", referring to something that precedes it in the
> sentence or in the discussion; {DaQub'a'} is "do you think it?".
>
> st.klingon (7/01/97):  All four words asked about... can be used in the
> construction {S 'e' V}, where S is a sentence, {'e'} is the pronoun (that)
> which refers to a previous topic (in this case S), and V is one of the
> verbs listed above (as well as some others). If the sentence (S) is
> {tlhIngan Hol Dajatlh} "you speak Klingon", it's OK to say... {tlhIngan Hol
> Dajatlh 'e' vIQub} "I think that you speak Klingon".
>
> KGT 148f.:  Literally "be vertical", this word [{chong}] is used to refer
> to one's intellect, as in {chong tlhIngan SuvwI'} ("The Klingon warrior is
> profound"--literally, "The Klingon warrior is vertical"). In its literal
> sense, this word is the opposite of {SaS} ("be horizontal"), and as a slang
> term, it is an opposite as well, as {SaS} is used to mean "be shallow,
> superficial" ... An equivalent meaning may be expressed without slang by
> using a word such as {Qubchu'} ("think perfectly, think clearly"), as in
> {Qubchu' tlhIngan SuvwI'} ("The Klingon warrior thinks clearly").
>
>
> Similar words:
>
> buS             think only about (v)
> Hon             doubt (v)
> meq             reason (v)
> qel             take into account, consider (v)
> SIv             wonder (v)
> Sov             know (v)
> tlhoj   realize (v)
> yaj             understand (v)
>
>
> --
> Voragh
> Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
>
>
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