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

[Robyn Stewart]

I didn't read it that way at all. I took it as a genuine command to both
violate the rule and remember the replacement proverb.
I don't believe I would understand imperative as conditional as anything
other than a weird command in Klingon.

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

(I know what "infringe" means.) 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.".".

This looks to me like an example of an imperative being used as a
conditional, 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". But, is
imperative-as-conditional allowed in Klingon?

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