[Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: 'ur

[lojmIttI'wI'nuv]

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> On Feb 9, 2016, at 11:28 AM, mayql qunenoS <mihkoun at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 'urmo' ghaH lughIpDIjqang 'ach ghaHmo' Qang puqloD narghmeH luchaw'.
> Because he commited treason they were willing to court-martial him,
> however because he was the chancellor's son they allowed him to
> escape.

OVS. Even with pronouns. Reexamine {‘ach ghaHmo’ Qang puQloD}, and remember that if you really did want to say “…but the chancellor’s son is he”, then you need {-‘e’} added to the subject. 

> 'urpu'mo' woQmey qal Huch DIvI' 'IghvaD jeghmoHpu' 'elaDya'.
> Because corrupt political powers commited treason, Greece was made to
> surrender to the cursed eurozone.

Is {Huch DIvI’} really the accepted term for “Eurozone”?

Look harder at the word {jeghmoHpu’}. Your English translation uses the passive voice here, without a stated subject. The Klingon translation does not use the indefinite subject. As stated (assuming that {Huch DIvI’} means “Eurozone”) you are saying that Greece has caused some unstated entity to surrender to the jinxed Eurozone.

> 'ach SIbI'Ha' ruv lubammoH 'urbogh chaH..
> However in the end, they who commited treason will be made to face justice..

Same error. In English, you use passive voice with no indicated subject, while in Klingon you state a subject as the one entity causing some unstated entity to perform an action. “They who have committed treason cause someone to face justice.” I would recommend {lubamnIS}. I think you like {-moH} too much. It is good to learn to use it, but it’s not really more important or more common than other verbal suffixes, and you are favoring the use of it to the point of misusing it.

> ..vabDot luparchugh.
> ..either they like it or not.

“… even if they dislike it.” or “… whether they like it or not."

> cpt qunnoq
> DaH DIHIvbe'chugh vaj qo'chajDaq toy'wI''a'pu' DImoj

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