[Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: meq
mayql qunenoS
mihkoun at gmail.com
Fri Feb 19 09:26:53 PST 2016
now that I'm thinking of it again, perhaps on the last sentence,
instead of {luQaHbe'chugh}, it would be better if it was
{luQaHQo'chugh}
cpt qunnoq
ngaj pIqDaj 'ej ghaH loS ghe''or 'e' Sovmo' ghaH
On Fri, Feb 19, 2016 at 7:23 PM, mayql qunenoS <mihkoun at gmail.com> wrote:
> The question is, is this to be taken as <to resaon with> or <to
> reason> ? Since the former is not clearly suggested lets assume the
> latter..
>
> verenganpu' luQaw'nISlu' 'e' meq ghaH.
> he reasoned that someone needed to destroy the ferengi.
>
> vInumHa'laH ; meqpu' ghaH.. yaS QaQ ghaH !
> I'm unable to demote him ; he reasoned.. He is a good officer !
>
> toQDujchaj QaQ law' Hoch Dujmey QaQ puS 'e' lumeq.
> they reasoned that their bird of prey was the best of all ships.
>
> Hoch Ha'DIbaHmey DIHoHnIS. meqpu' HoD.. QIp bIH 'e' Dalegh'a' ? Ha' !
> nuQaH vIghro'mey !
> we need to kill all dogs. the captain reasoned.. don't you see that
> they are stupid ? come on ! the cats will help us !
>
> ghaH QaQ law' chaH QaQ law', mojlaHbe' luQaHbe'chugh 'e' meq ghaH.
> he reasoned that if they didn't help him he wouldn't be able to become
> as good as them.
>
> cpt qunnoq
> ngaj pIqDaj 'ej ghaH loS ghe''or 'e' Sovmo' ghaH
>
> On Fri, Feb 19, 2016 at 5:10 PM, Steven Boozer <sboozer at uchicago.edu> wrote:
>>> Klingon Word of the Day for Friday, February 19, 2016
>>>
>>> Klingon word: meq
>>> Part of speech: verb
>>> Definition: reason
>>
>> AFAIK never used by Okrand in a sentence.
>>
>> Cf. idiom {notlh tonSaw'lIj} "Your argument is invalid". (qep'a' 2012, via Felix Malmenbeck, 9/01/2012)
>>
>> Note the homophonous noun {meq} "reason, motive":
>>
>> KGT 154: A close standard equivalent is {meq} (reason)--that is, logical thinking.
>>
>> Klingons may not care whether a falsehood is intentional, but only whether the information is reliable. As Ambassador Kell admonished Worf, "Motives? Who cares for motives? Humans, perhaps." (TNG "The Mind's Eye") He was referring to the proverb:
>>
>> ram meqmey
>> Motives are insignificant. TKW
>>
>> Note also {meqba'} *mek'ba* (type of legal proceeding: i.e. that portion of a Klingon trial or appeal in which evidence is heard during which all evidence must be heard in open council [cf. TNG "Sins of the Father"])
>>
>> SEE ALSO:
>> Hech intend, mean to (v)
>> Qub think (v)
>> Har belive (v)
>> Sov know (v)
>>
>> ghoH argue, dispute (v)
>> Sol quarrel (v)
>> qap insist (v)
>> ja'chuq discuss (v)
>> tlhoch contradict (v)
>> qagh interrupt (v)
>> poQ demand (v)
>>
>> ngoQ goal, purpose (n)
>> vIt truth (n)
>>
>>
>> --
>> Voragh
>> tlhIngan ghantoH pIn'a'
>> Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
>>
>>
>>
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