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

[mayql qunenoS]

mu' {SuH} DaQoyDI' bIvangmeH bIghuH'eghnIS 'e' DatlhojnIS yaS Qup.
young officer, you need to realize that when you hear the word {SuH}
you need to prepare yourself in order to act.

bIbuDmo' bIvangqangbe'ba' 'e' vItu' Do'Ha' 'e' vIjunlaHbe'.
unfortunately I'm unable to avoid noticing that because you're lazy
you're obviously unwilling to take action.

yaS Damoj 'e' qaSmoH 'aj ghaHbogh vavlI''e' yo'Daq 'e' Sovbej Hoch yaSpu'.
at this fleet all officers know it well, that your father who is the
admiral made it happen that you became an officer.

chIvo'lI' wIcherghqangbe' HoDlI' jIHbogh beq vInDa' je DaH 'e' Datlhojbej.
now, you really need to realize that neither I who am your captain nor
your fellow crewmen, are willing to tolerate your complete lack of
honor.

SoHvaD wa' neH 'eb vI'nob. bItoD'eghmeH wa' neH 'eb.. DujDaq pIqlIj
Sum bopbogh 'eb. toH yIQub 'ej yIyep..
I will give you just a single opportunity. a single opportunity to
save yourself.. an opportunity which concerns your near future on this
ship. so think carefully..

DujvamvaD tugh bIDub'egh pagh HIchDal HurDaq qapolHa'. wIvlIj 'oH..
either soon you will improve yourself for the benefit of this ship, or
I will throw you out of an airlock. the choice is yours..

mayqel mIv Hurgh qunnoq HoD
at last we will reveal ourselves to the jedi, at last we will have revenge



On Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 5:25 PM, Steven Boozer <sboozer at uchicago.edu> wrote:
>> Klingon Word of the Day for Tuesday, March 29, 2016
>>
>> Klingon word: SuH
>> Part of speech: excl
>> Definition: ready, standing by
>
>   SSS... baH!
>   Ready... fire! STMP
>
> [captain raises his hand in preparation for the order to fire at V'Ger]
>
>   'eH!
>   Ready! STMP
>
> [response to a command, i.e. "Standing by."]
>
>   SSS... mev!  ba'!
>   Do not do that! Sit! PK [pet command]
>
>   HablI', Su': labbeH.
>   Ready to transmit.  ST3
>   ["Data transceiving device, attention: prepare to transmit."?]
>
> ["My interpretation of Valkris' ... line in ST3 as a [clipped] command to the data-transceiving device (analogous to a pet command) was confirmed.  Apparently the subtitle `Ready to transmit' is not very good. [....]  When I mentioned to Okrand at qep'a' loSDIch that I thought that this was in the form of a `pet command', he said it was a valid interpretation." (ghunchu'wI')]
>
>   SuH!
>   "Ready!" Stand by! (TNG "Redemption I")
>
>   SuH tayvam tIQ wIlopchoHjaj
>   We are ready, let us commence this ancient rite. PB
>
>
> USAGE NOTES:
> TKD 57:  {SuH}, {Su'} and {'eH} all mean that the speaker is about to give a command. They are comparable to the "Ready!" at the beginning of a race: "Ready! Set! Go!" {SuH} and {Su'}, but not {'eH}, can also be used to indicate that the speaker is ready to do something or that arrangements have been made for something to happen. Some speakers of Klingon pronounce {SuH} as if it were {SSS}, almost like the English expression for "be quiet": shhh!
>
> Seqram [date?]:  {Su'/SuH} is an exclamation which is used when about to give orders, usually to people... It's obviously socially acceptable in Klingon speech, because Klingons say it to each other. It happens that some people pronounce {Su'} like {SSS}, but it's still the same word with the same meaning. Now, because it means "Yo, listen up," {SSS} is also used when ordering animals. That's a borrowing from ordinary commands, I would think. Although we're told that {SSS} should precede all pet commands, we are NOT told that it should ONLY precede commands to pets. Indeed, we are told (TKD p.57) that it means the speaker is about to give orders, presumably to people.
>
>
> ETYMOLOGY:
> {SSS} and {'eH} were two of the eleven original Klingon words created by James Doohan and spoken by Mark Lenard (through a set of prosthetic teeth) in the opening scene of "Star Trek: The Motion Picture" (STMP) which Marc Okrand subsequently used as the basis for tlhIngan Hol.
>
>
> SEE ALSO:
> ghuH            prepare for (v)
> ghuS            prepare to launch (v)
> qeq             practice, train, prepare (v)
>
> -beH            ready, set up [devices] (vb suffix)
> -rup            ready, prepared [beings] (vb suffix)
>
>
> --
> Voragh
> tlhIngan ghantoH pIn'a'
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>
>
>
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