From: Marc Okrand Newsgroups: startrek.klingon Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1999 00:03:46 -0500 Subject: Re: ghew qab Matt Johnson wrote... >Pam Felton writes >> And is there a way to say "like"? Such as, "He looks >> like a bug." > > looks like =~ resemble? 'rur' > > ghew rur. "He resembles a bug." No reason for me to add anything here! This is a good illustration of the use of the verb "resemble." The word also comes up a lot in Klingon similes, such as <'up; yIH rur> "(it's) disgusting as a tribble," literally "it's disgusting; it resembles a tribble" (<'up> "it is disgusting," "tribble," "it resembles [it]"). =========================================================================== From: Marc Okrand Newsgroups: startrek.klingon Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1999 00:34:28 -0500 Subject: Re: ghew qab Qermaq wrote... >Pam Felton wrote... >> Is there a way to say "with" in Klingon? Such as, "He >> went with them." Or does it have to be expressed like this >> (jaH chaH. jaH je ghaH.)? > > tlheD chaH. tlhej ghaH. Qermaq's suggestion to use the verb "accompany" as a way to get across the notion of "with" in the sentence meaning "he went with them" is exactly right. Its use is not restricted to the notion of going someplace ("accompany" in the sense of "go with"). It is fine to say such things as: 'Iw HIq vItlhutlh. mutlhej ghaH. "He/she drinks bloodwine with me," literally "I drink bloodwine. He/she accompanies me" (<'Iw HIq> "bloodwine," "I drink it," "he/she/they accompanies/accompany me," "he, she"). [[eof]]