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[ luŹ” ]
Verb Suffix Type 5

English: indefinite subject

Spanish: sujeto indefinido

KLCP Level: 2

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Usage for -lu'
reH
reH (adv) always
reH (v) play
'eb
'eb (n) opportunity, chance, opening
tu'lu'.
tu' (v) discover, find, observe, notice
-lu' (vs5) indefinite subject

There is always a chance.

Type: proverb - Source: TKW

latlh De'/Additional Information

After Starfleet arranged for war exercises in which Commander Riker captained the eighty-year-old <Hathaway>, Riker lamented that his ship was no match for the <Enterprise>. Even if it was just a simulation, he felt there was no way he could win. Wolf, believing that, as the Klingons say, "There is always a chance," suggested that what one lacks in physical power one makes up for with guile.

The common Klingon sendoff, "Qapla'," "success," is another overt signal of this warrior spirit: success is always possible.

'arlogh
'arlogh (question) how many times?
Qoylu'pu'
Qoy (v) hear, listen to
-lu' (vs5) indefinite subject
-pu' (vs7) perfective (completed)

How many times has someone heard it?

Type: idiom - Source: HolQeD

latlh De'/Additional Information

What time is it?

8:1, p. 7-12

DabuQlu'DI'
Da- (vp) you-him/her/it/them
buQ (v) threaten
-lu' (vs5) indefinite subject
-DI' (vs9) as soon as, when
yISuv.
yI- (vp) you, you-him/her/it (imperative)
Suv (v) fight

When threatened, fight.

Type: proverb - Source: TKW

latlh De'/Additional Information

This is one of many common exhortations that encourage Klingons to respond to situations appropriately.

After the <Enterprise>'s initial encounter with the entity Q, Worf gave voice to this attitude. He advised Captain Jean-Luc Picard that "our only choice is to fight." If we Klingons understand anything, it is the meaning of that kind of talk.

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