tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Apr 05 10:38:59 1994
[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next]
Re: KLBC: qajatlh
- From: trI'Qal <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLBC: qajatlh
- Date: Tue, 05 Apr 1994 14:57:36 -0400 (EDT)
qorvo':
>tlhIngan Hol vIghojtaH vIHem.
>
>wo' Degh boghaj'a'?
>naDev Degh DalI''a'?
nom Daghojlaw'lI'mo', bIquvqu'!
majQa'!
One error! Very nice, qor!
You actually have a subordinate clause in the first sentence, which you forgot
to mark with a type 9 suffix. You can't have two verbs just following one
another as you have originally, unless the second one (the one on the right)
is <neH>, <jatlh> or <ja'>. (Please refer to the section on sentences as
objects on pages 65-67 to see why these are the only verbs which can be used
this way). The addition of the suffix -mo' ("because") to your first verb
clears this problem up:
tlhIngan Hol vIghojtaHmo', vIHem.
"Because I am continuing to learn Klingon, I am proud"
I added the comma in the Klingon version so you can more easily see the
similarities between the grammatical constructions in the two languages. Make
sense? If not, then ask!
>------ wollof snoitalsnart ------
nuqjatlh?
Translations:
------------
Because you seem to be learning so quickly, you are honoured!
Excellent!
--HoD trI'Qal