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Verb Suffix Type 9

English: if

Spanish: si

KLCP Level: 2

Usage for -chugh
ro'
ro' (n) fist
mojchugh
moj (v) become
-chugh (vs9) if
ghIt
ghIt (n) ax blade, blade of axe
ghIt (n) open, flat hand
ghIt (v) flow (e.g., water), gush, spout

if the flat hand becomes a fist

Type: sentence - Source: qep'a' 25

latlh De'/Additional Information

there's also an idiomatic expression: ro' mojchugh ghIt "if the flat hand becomes a fist". Used in a similar fashion to the English "on the other hand".

bI'IQchugh
bI- (vp) you
'IQ (v) be sad
-chugh (vs9) if
yIvang.
yI- (vp) you, you-him/her/it (imperative)
vang (v) act, take action

If you are sad, act.

Type: proverb - Source: TKW

latlh De'/Additional Information

This exhortation is actually ambiguous, but both interpretations give insight into the Klingon way of thinking. The phrase could be advising one to take specific action to overcome sadness---that is, figure out exactly what the problem is and do something about it. On the other hand, for a Klingon, activity and vigor are associated with a sense of elation, while unhappiness is often connected to passivity or even laziness, character traits disdained by Klingons. Thus, the advice could be simply to do anything at all.

Dubotchugh
Du- (vp) he/she/it-you
bot (v) prevent, block, prohibit
-chugh (vs9) if
bot (v) insulate
yIpummoH.
yI- (vp) you, you-him/her/it (imperative)
pum (v) accuse
-moH (vs4) cause
pum (v) fall

If it's in your way, knock it down.

Type: proverb - Source: TKW

latlh De'/Additional Information

Though split into two individuals---one fully Klingon, one fully human---by a Vidiian scientist, the human B'Elanna Torres still retained her Klingon knowledge, if not her Klingon impulses. She cited this adage---again illustrating the Klingon penchant for action and for taking control--- when she commented on the behavior of her Klingon self.

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