http://www.toppa.com/2004/klingon-insults/ Mike Toppa's Blog Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:15:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://www.toppa.com/2004/klingon-insults/#comment-48 pauline Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.toppa.com/blog/?p=31#comment-48 Check out what jay means: jay' intensely ["This word not only intensifies whatever is being said, it turns the whole phrase into an invective. Alone among the adverbials, jay' always comes at the end of the sentence." (TKD: 177); a "generic grammatical intensifier" (Mark Shoulson, HQ 3.1)] (adv) - qaStaH nuq jay' What the #$%@ is happening? mIch 'elpu' jay' They've entered the @#$% sector! TKD - SoH 'Iv jay' [Who the hell are you?] qaStaH nuq jay' [What the hell is happening?] ST6 - ghaytanHa' jay' Not bloody likely! RTb Check out what jay means:
jay’ intensely ["This word not only intensifies whatever is being said, it turns the whole phrase into an invective. Alone among the adverbials, jay' always comes at the end of the sentence." (TKD: 177); a "generic grammatical intensifier" (Mark Shoulson, HQ 3.1)] (adv) – qaStaH nuq jay’ What the #$%@ is happening? mIch ‘elpu’ jay’ They’ve entered the @#$% sector! TKD – SoH ‘Iv jay’ [Who the hell are you?] qaStaH nuq jay’ [What the hell is happening?] ST6 – ghaytanHa’ jay’ Not bloody likely! RTb

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