[Tlhingan-hol] nuqDaq ghaH 'arHa'e'?

[De'vID]

De'vID:
>> taghwI'pu' tIQorgh. yIbIv, 'ej bIbIvtaHvIS qa'meH vIttlheghvam yIqaw:
>> Hagh qoHpu' neH HeghtaHvIS SuvwI'pu'.

Anthony Appleyard:
> (I know what "infringe" means.)

'ach qatlh {bIv} 'oS mu'vam 'e' DaHar? qech mung yIngu'.

> That text seems to say "Take care of beginners. Infringe (imperative), and while you are infringing, as a replacement, remember (imperative) this proverb: "while the warrior is dying, only the fool laughs.".".

DayajHa'. tay' {qa'meH} {vIttlhegh} je.

> This looks to me like an example of an imperative being used as a conditional,

yIlaDqa', 'ej DalaDtaHvIS mu'tlheghvam yIqaw: bIjeghbe'chugh vaj bIHegh.

> a construction used in English sometimes. e.g.: "Scuba dive (imperative) there, and the navy base's underwater defences will make a quick end of you", used to mean "If you scuba dive there, the navy base's underwater defences will make a quick end of you".

pImchu' mu'tlheghlIj mu'tlheghwIj je!

mu'tlheghlIj Dajatlhchugh, bIQDaq Qalbe' 'IjwI' DaneH.

mu'tlheghwIj vIjatlh, taghwI'pu' Qorgh Qov vIneHmo'.

pImqu'ba'!

> But, is imperative-as-conditional allowed in Klingon?

jISovbe'.

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