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

[De'vID]

mayql qunenoS:
> there are two word groups I cannot understand, as far as the need for
> their existence is concerned :
>
> 1. the whole group "the son of the brother of the sister's mother of
> the third cousin of my grandmother's second uncle.."

These are the family terms I grew up with:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1HaZ4WLo50 (Chinese family tree)

When I learned English, I was like... why do you just call everyone
"uncle" and "aunt" or "cousin"? Then how do people know how they're
related to you?

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De'vID