[Tlhingan-hol] *ghabtar* mupwI'...

[Felix Malmenbeck]

> It's not {-mo'} (I'm not doing something because of the hammer).

bISovbej'a'?

{qIb Qu'} HaSta much vIleghpu'be'. vaj nuvvam meq vIyajbe'. lalDan, paQDI'norgh le' joq pabchugh nuvvam'e', chaq *ghabtar* mupwI'mo' vay' ta'.

qeylIS Ho'chugh vay' 'ej vay' ta'meH ghaH pIlmoH paQDI'norghDaj, chaq teH mu'tlheghvam: qeylISmo' ta'.

    
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From: De'vID <de.vid.jonpin at gmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2016 14:42
To: tlhIngan-Hol
Subject: [Tlhingan-hol] *ghabtar* mupwI'...

Heghpu' Alan Rickman. *Galaxy Quest* much'e' Dr. Lazarus Dabogh Sir
Alexander Dane ghetwI' ghaH.

Hov leng much'e' *Galaxy Quest* QaQ law' HochHom QaQ puS 'e' vInoH.
Hov leng [Quch nov] 'oSba' Dr. Lazarus. vaj tlhoS tlhIngan ghetwI'
ghaH Alan Rickman'e'.

Hegh bey vIjach. vIjachDI', jIjatlh: *ghabtar* mupwI', *worvan*
julmey, SoHvaD jInoDbej!

(I know "you shall be avenged" is more properly {SoHvaD noDlu'}, but I
think {SoHvaD jInoDbej} is more Klingon.)

In the phrase "By the Grabthar's Hammer... you shall be avenged" how
would you translate "By"? It's not {-vaD} (I'm not doing something for
the hammer's benefit). It's not {-mo'} (I'm not doing something
because of the hammer). It's not {-'e'} (the hammer is not the topic).
It's really more like I'm calling on the hammer (or its name) to
witness my oath.

--
De'vID

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