tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Apr 24 18:10:03 1997
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RE: KLBC: Must
- From: "David Trimboli" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: KLBC: Must
- Date: Fri, 25 Apr 97 00:38:14 UT
[email protected] on behalf of Q'ISt'ova (Eliseo d'Annunzio, Esq.) wrote:
> On Tue, 22 Apr 1997, fonseca wrote:
>
> > I want to say "You MUST die"
> >
> > Is it good: jIHeghqu' ?
>
> Hija'!
>
> I've been studying the basics of Klingonaase and I would say that looks
> quite good, (from a newbie's point of view). But I don't see the presence
> of "must" in the actual phrasing, possibly from the emphasis made by "qu'"
> ? As to the rest it looks okay... But I'm no expert, SuStel, could you
> shed some light?
Already have. Please do not answer KLBC questions before me. This rule
exists so that this doesn't happen: you have given Edy the wrong answer.
{jIHeghqu'} means "I DIE," with "die" emphasized. It does not mean "you must
die" at all.
As I said in another post, the "must" will be covered by using the suffix
{-nIS}.
Oh, yeah: don't forget to capitalize the {I} in {HIja'}.
--
SuStel
Beginners' Grammarian
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