tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Jun 05 05:56:08 1994
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Re: typical constructs
- From: HoD trI'Qal <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: typical constructs
- Date: Sun, 05 Jun 1994 17:48:54 -0400 (EDT)
>When you learn to talk and think in a language, you learn to
>instinctively express your thoughts in a way typical of the language,
>which is different from the way you'd say the same thing in another
>language. I'm really not that experienced in talking Klingon, so I'd
>appreciate your help.
>
>Thanx,
> Katrin
Myself, when I go into what I think of as my 'Klingon mode,'... well, here are
the net results:
1: I tend to start thinking object-first. Occassionally, I will remember to
put any adverbials first. By this, I do not mean that I say to myself 'Oh,
the object has to come first in Klingon', and reverseing my sentence; I am
actually *thinking* of the *object* first... rather than the subject being
paramount in my mind, the object now is.
2: Any subordinate clause is thought of first. Usually. I tend to grab my
objects, then think 'ah, but I need a sumbordinate clause!', and then have to
re-do what I am thinking.
3: Active verbs are chosen over desciptive ones (this is compliments to
charghwI'; it has been an *excellent* way to get around the "to be"
contruction!)
4: Superlatives and compartives tend to be changed, or re-worded, simply
because of the difficulty I have making them fit into the law'/puS
construction. (personal quirk)
5: Certain suffix-words tend to come up MUCH more often: seemingly,
obviously, willingly, prepared, need, etc. Mostly type 2's and 6's for verbs,
an occasional type 3 for nouns.
There are a few other ways I alter my thinking, but those are some of the mail
ones. Hope they help...
--HoD trI'Qal
tlhwD lIy So'