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

[lojmIt tI'wI' nuv 'utlh]

Good suggestion. I also wince at the idea that the purpose of your being unqualified is to sit in the captain’s chair.

Just to share another optional approach:

HoD quS Daba’meH DIb Daqotlhbe’bej.

You definitely do not deserve the privilege of sitting in the captain’s chair.

‘ej pa’ Daba’chugh, qapaymoHchu’...

lojmIt tI’wI’ nuv ‘utlh
Door Repair Guy, Retired Honorably



> On Mar 10, 2016, at 2:13 PM, SuStel <sustel at trimboli.name> wrote:
> 
>> HoD quSDaq bIba'meH bI'umbe'bej.
>> you aren't qualified to sit at the captain't chair.
> 
> This runs into the ol' {QIpmeH Qatlh'a'} problem: you're not being unqualified IN ORDER to sit in the captain's shair. I still don't know if Okrand considers this a valid way to say it, or if he just makes the same mistake from time to time. If it's valid he hasn't explained it yet.
> 
> You can work around the problem in many ways. Here's one:
> 
>   HoD quSDaq bIba' net chaw'be' bI'umbe'bejmo'
>   you are not permitted to sit in the captain's chair because you are
>   certainly not qualified