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Being alive and life itself, repeatedly measured in canon against death, pain, survival, and honor.
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Examples

  • yInlu'taH 'e' bajnISlu'.
    Survival must be earned.
  • ghopDu'wIjDaq yInmeyraj vIlaj.
    I accept your lives into my hands.
  • QamvIS Hegh qaq law' torvIS yIn qaq puS.
    Death while standing is preferable to life while kneeling.
  • qaStaHvIS may' yIntaH ghaH.
    He stays alive during the battle.
  • yIn nI' yISIQ 'ej yIchep.
    Endure a long life and prosper.

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taH

Meanings

Be alive or continue living

verb
life and death
neutral
To be alive or continue living. The verb is intransitive, so the living or surviving being is its subject. For residing in a place rather than being alive, Dab is usually more exact.

Usage

Use yIn for being alive or surviving, with a subject prefix when needed. Use Dab for inhabiting a place and taH when the emphasis is on continuing or enduring.

Examples

  • jIyIn.
    I live.
  • yInlu'taH 'e' bajnISlu'.
    Survival must be earned.
  • yIntaHvIS qeylIS'e' lIjlaHbe'bogh vay' batlh 'etlhvam chenmoHlu'pu'.
    This sword of honor was made while Kahless the Unforgettable was alive.
  • yIn SuvwI'.
    The warrior lives.
  • qaStaHvIS may' yIntaH ghaH.
    He stays alive during the battle.

Common mistakes

The subject is placed before yIn even though an intransitive Klingon verb normally precedes its subject.
IncorrectCorrect
SuvwI' yIn. yIn SuvwI'.

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taH

Life

noun
life and death
neutral
The state or span of being alive. Canon treats life as something pain can teach one to understand, honor can outweigh, and another person may hold in their hands.

Usage

Use the noun yIn for life itself. Add -mey for separate lives, as in yInmey, and place a quality verb such as nI' after it.

Examples

  • yIn DayajmeH 'oy' yISIQ.
    To understand life, endure pain.
  • batlh potlh law' yIn potlh puS.
    Honor is more important than life.
  • ghopDu'wIjDaq yInmeyraj vIlaj.
    I accept your lives into my hands.
  • yIn nI' yISIQ 'ej yIchep.
    Endure a long life and prosper.
  • QamvIS Hegh qaq law' torvIS yIn qaq puS.
    Death while standing is preferable to life while kneeling.

Common mistakes

The quality nI' is put before yIn by English order instead of following the noun.
IncorrectCorrect
nI' yIn yIn nI'

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Usage

Use grammar and context to distinguish the intransitive verb from the noun, and contrast both with Hegh, to die or death, Dab, to reside, and taH, to continue.

Common mistakes

SuvwI' yIn copies English subject-first order, while nI' yIn places the quality before the noun instead of after it.

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