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DaHjaj Hol 110910 – sharp knife / sharp eye #tlhIngan #tlh

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Hello, and welcome. You’re listening to DaHjaj Hol, your daily dose of Klingon language. I’m your host, Lawrence Schoen.

You’ve been waiting. I know it, you know it, I know you know it, and you know that I know you know it. So. Let’s not wait any longer: Here is this week’s Proverb!

leghlaHchu’be’chugh mIn lo’laHbe’ taj jej
a sharp knife is nothing without a sharp eye


Pay close attention to the translation here today. This proverb may seem prettier, more elegant in English than in Klingon, but note that it is less useful too. The English is general and vague, but the Klingon version really spells things out for you. There probably ought to be a proverb about that, actually, but we’ll stick with our trusty standard:

qo’mey poSmoH Hol.

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