tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Apr 16 06:28:53 1997
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RE: KLBC: taghwI'
- From: "David Trimboli" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: KLBC: taghwI'
- Date: Wed, 16 Apr 97 13:17:30 UT
On Monday, April 14, 1997 4:34 PM, [email protected] on behalf of Dave
Whittington wrote:
> tlhIngan Hol ghoj vItagh.
Hi! I think you already know me; I'm SuStel, the list's Beginners'
Grammarian. If you're conversing at a beginner's level, you should put "KLBC"
in the subject line. I've done it for you this time.
There's a great little suffix which does what you're trying to do here. It is
{-choH}.
tlhIngan Hol vIghojchoH.
I'm starting to learn Klingon.
Klingon does not have infinitives, which seems to be what you were trying to
do above.
> HIQaHneS!
qaQaHmeH jItoy'.
> <baSqIpwI'> (blacksmith) tlhIngan
> pongwIj,
If you are identifying "baSqIpwI'" with your Klingon name, you need to use the
"to be" construction in TKD 6.3.
<baSqIpwI'> 'oH tlhIngan pongwIj'e'.
As a side note, the fact that you have to translate it for us indicates that
{baSqIpwI'} does not necessarily mean "blacksmith" to everyone. I probably
wouldn't have gotten it. Still, your name is up to you, and need not *mean*
anything.
> lughchugh mu'vam 'ej lajchugh.
Oh, this is part of the previous sentence. {lughchugh} is fine, but
{lajchugh} means "if it accepts." Consider using the Type 5 verb suffix
{-lu'}:
lajlu'chugh
if one (indefinite subject) accepts it
> maghItlh neHpu' SuStel 'e' vIlegh.
There's that little rule in 6.2.5 which says that you cannot put an aspect
suffix (Type 7) on the second verb of a sentence-as-object sentence. You have
two of those. The first is *{maghItlh neHpu' SuStel}. This would have to be
{maghItlhpu' neH SuStel}.
Actually, the aspect suffix probably isn't too necessary here. I'd suggest
dropping it altogether.
maghItlh neH SuStel 'e' vIlegh.
> toH, naDev jIH!
naDev maH! tlhIngan maH!
> batlh yIjaHjaj.
That's a new one: "May you go with honor."
--
SuStel
Beginners' Grammarian
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