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

[mayql qunenoS]

quSvo' yIba' 'ej yIqeqchoH !
get up from that chair and start training !

quSvo' Sa'HutlIj yIvIH 'ej yIqeq'eghchoH !
move your ass from that chair and start training yourself !

HoD quSDaq bIba' 'e' vIchaw'Qo'. bI'umbe'bej.
I won't allow it that you sit at the captain's chair. you aren't qualified.

HoD quSDaq bIba'meH bI'umbe'bej.
you aren't qualified to sit at the captain't chair.

qaStaHvIS jaj naQ ba'taHchugh vaj Huch Dabaj not 'e' Dachavbe'.
if you're always sitting during the entire day, then you will never
achieve to earn money.

bIba'taHmo' 'ej maHvaD bIvutQo', reH maghung.
because you're constantly sitting and refuse to cook for us, we are
always hungry.

DaH rInpu' may' 'ej may'vaD jughel 'e' DangIl'a'. Sa'HutlIjDaq
bIba'be'chung vaj maHvaD bISuvpu', vaj juQaHpu'.
now that the battle is over you dare ask us for it ? if you didn't sit
on your ass, then you would have fought for us, then you would have
helped us.

Dujvam vIra' 'e' vIHech ; HoD pa'wIjDaq jIba'taH 'e' vIHechQo'.
I intend to command this vessel ; I don't intend to be constantly
sitting at my ready room.

naDev jIba'taHvIS mutIch romuluSngan Ha'DIbaHvam 'e' vIlajQo' !
I won't accept that while I sit here this romulan dog insults me !

quS DISamlaHbe'mo' maba'laHbe' 'ej jatlhbogh mIllogh'e' wIbejlaHbe'.
because we weren't able to find chairs we weren't able to sit and we
weren't able to see the movie.

mayqel mIv Hurgh qunnoq
you have some stuffed to'baj leg in your teeth


On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 5:33 PM, SuStel <sustel at trimboli.name> wrote:
> On 3/10/2016 10:26 AM, Steven Boozer wrote:
>>
>> quSDaq bIba'
>> You sit in a chair. KGT
>>
>> quSDaq ba'
>> He/she sits in a chair. KGT
>>
>> KGT 124 (re {quSDaq ba'}): Probably influenced by the homophony of
>> verb suffix {-ba'} (obviously) and the verb {ba'} (sit), this expression
>> has come to mean "that's obvious". It is used only in a condescending
>> manner as a response to something that the hearer deems so self-evident
>> that it need not have been stated in the first place. For example, upon
>> hearing an obvious remark, one might say, {quSDaq bIba'} ("You sit in a
>> chair"--that is, "What you said is quite obvious") or {quSDaq ba'}
>> ("He/she sits in a chair"--that is, "What he/she said is quite obvious").
>
>
> It's the Klingon equivalent of "duh!" though perhaps with a little more
> dignity. Sometimes I see it used on this list by someone who has apparently
> forgotten its condescending connotation, as if it meant only a casual
> "obviously."
>
>> quSDaq ba'lu''a'
>> Is this seat taken? TKD
>
>
> A good lesson to people like me who sometimes insist on precise
> translations: there's no {-vam} in the Klingon, but it's perfectly good as
> it is.
>
> --
> SuStel
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>
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