[Tlhingan-hol] {ra'} as verb of saying

[Brent Kesler]

On Sat, Feb 6, 2016 at 9:46 AM, SuStel <sustel at trimboli.name> wrote:
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> {bIjegh 'e' vIra'} means "I order you to surrender." It's a statement of
> fact, not a command. Perhaps the speaker is remembering a time he ordered
> the listener to surrender. {bIjegh 'e' vIra', 'ach choqImHa', bIqaw'a'?}



It reminds me of a performative utterance. I'm thinking of a formal
proclamation from a king beginning with something like "I hereby decree".
The king is issuing a command, but in the more formal language of a
statement.

While Klingons like directness, they also like formal ceremony.


bI'reng
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