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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.
And lo, for the last time this month, we open the pages of Marc Okrand’s epic masterpiece Klingon for the Galactic Traveler in search of a new word. Hmm… here’s a likely looking noun. It’s Qorwagh. Capital Q, O, R, W, A, GH. Qorwagh means window. Seems like a word that should be transparently easy to use, doesn’t it? Listen to these examples and see if you don’t agree:
Qorwaghvo’ qaghoqlaH
I can spy on you from the window
DujDaq Qorwaghmey Datu’laHbe’
you cannot find windows on a ship
qachmeyDaq Dab Qorwaghmey ’ej vengmeyDaq Dab qachmey
windows reside in buildings, and buildings reside in cities
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pov! One small quibble: Dab is transitive, so it should be qachmey Dab Qorwaghmey ‘ej vengmey Dab qachmey.
10.28.11 at 11:31 pm
Doh! You’re absolutely correct. HIvqa’ veqlargh.
10.29.11 at 4:50 am