tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Aug 01 21:18:45 1995
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Re: }} KLBC
- From: Niall Hosking <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: }} KLBC
- Date: Wed, 2 Aug 1995 02:18:45 +0100 (BST)
Laurel Beckley writes
> Ok, I think I've got the N-N construction figured out. Or maybe not.
> I have another question now. How would you say Pets are everywhere?
> Would it be Sajmey Dat? I'm a little confused with some of these
> things, but then I'm still a beginner. Am I getting the N-N thing
> confused again? Would pets are everywhere be N-N again? Or would it
> be Dat Sajmey? It wouldn't be everywhere's pet. or pet's everywhere?
> Gosh, I wonder if I'll every get this right. Dat is a noun, isn't it?
> I've been studying the TKD, but I'm not sure of all of it.
> Ok, I just wrote a message about pets are everywhere, and realized I've
> left out the verb. How do you say are? I'm finding a lot of trouble
> finding some English words that have no klingon counterpart. Are is one
> of them. How do you say "pets are everywhere"? Sorry if I sound
> confused, but I am. Ok, I'll stop here.
To say 'pets are everywhere': Dat bIH Sajmey (also: Dat bIH Saj)
'Pets are everywhere is *not* a N-N construction, but a full sentence
(or clause), therefore needing a verb. N-N constructions are used to denote
a possessive. Check Section 3.4 (p.30) and 6.3 (p.67), which says that if
you need to use an equivalent to 'I am' in Klingon, you would use <jIH>.
So in the above example, <bIH> is used (plural animals, and non-language
speakers).
Qapla'
qSeroHS veyn
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Niall Hosking
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