tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Dec 14 17:00:36 1996
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RE: KLBC
- From: "David Trimboli" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: KLBC
- Date: Sun, 15 Dec 96 01:00:29 UT
December 14, 1996 2:56 PM, jatlh loDDoq:
> Qapla' SuStel(I can use Qapla' as a a greeting too,right?),
Well, not really. As Okrand tells us in the Star Trek: Klingon Language Lab,
"This word is often used as a salute of sorts, when warriors go off to
battle." This is how you should use it.
If you *absolutely* must say something before you start talking about the
matter at hand (Klingons admire and prefer straightforwardness), get my
attention by saying {SuH}.
> I've noticed a lot of people using HISlaH and HIja' for "yes".
> What's the difference?I think HIja' is used more frequently(sorry for this
> word spelling),is it true?
TKD tells us that {HIja'} and {HISlaH} are used with roughtly the same
frequency by speakers of Klingon. However, we Earthers seems to have put a
lot of emphasis on {HIja'} (probably because Okrand does; there's a long story
about lip-synching).
To combat this, recently I've been saying {HISlaH} occasionally, whenever the
mood strikes me.
> Qapla' SuStel,
> tera'nganpu' jIghaj tu' tIq lo'pu' <HISlaH> ghap/pagh('a'?)<HIja'>.
> pIm nuq'a'? jIQub <HIja'> Qatpu'
Ack. I'm afraid this went right over my head. Please do reread TKD. A
couple of pointers:
Noun conjunctions go *after* the nouns they join, while sentence conjunctions
go *between* the sentences they join.
Sentence order is, of course, OBJ-VERB-SUBJ. Do NOT just translate English
into Klingon word-for-word.
bIghoj 'e' yImevQo'.
--
SuStel
Beginners' Grammarian
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