[Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: baj

[mayql qunenoS]

bIQapmeH 'ampaSvaD bIbajnIS.
in order to succeed you need to work hard for the academy.

ngoQvaD bIbajbe'pu'mo' bIlujpu'.
because you didn't work hard for your goal you failed.

beqvaD bIbajDI' vaj nIvuv.
when you work hard for your crew, then they will respect you.

tlhIngan HolvaD bIbajmo' bIghojlaH.
because you work hard for the klingon language, you are able to learn.

maHvaD 'oqranD ghantoH nobmeH qawHaqDajvaD baj voragh.
voragh works hard for his data base, in order to give us okrand's examples.

maHvaD jaj mu' nobmeH qawHaqDajvaD baj qurgh.
qurgh works hard for his data base, in order to give us the word of the day.

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

On Fri, Mar 11, 2016 at 5:44 PM, Steven Boozer <sboozer at uchicago.edu> wrote:
> SuStel:
>> On 3/11/2016 10:16 AM, Steven Boozer wrote:
>> >> Klingon word: baj Part of speech: verb Definition: earn (with
>> >> sentence as object), work for (actively)
>>
>> What's with the "with sentence as object"? Surely I can say {Huch vIbaj}
>> "I earn money."
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> The parenthetical comments are in qurgh's KWOD database, not mine.  I assume they're usage notes to himself as our only known examples both contain the formula {SENTENCE 'e' bajnISlu'}, which is unusual.
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