tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Jan 02 17:20:35 1997
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RE: KLBC - help 1rst attempt
- From: "David Trimboli" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: KLBC - help 1rst attempt
- Date: Fri, 3 Jan 97 00:01:42 UT
January 02, 1997 12:13 AM, jatlh Edy Fonseca:
> > > I would like to say: "Engage and destroy alien craft" in Klingon.
> Okay! My TKD did not arrive yet, but I'll try anyway.
> The obect is the enemie craft, so "Duj jagh"
"Enemy" is not a verb (and cannot be used adjectivally like this). It is a
noun. But if you say "enemy's ship" or "ship of the enemy," you say {jagh
Duj}.
> The verbs are engage and destoy, so "chu' 'ej Qaw'"
{chu'} means "engage, activate a device," not "engage, begin fighting." This
is the wrong verb.
The word for "fight" is {Suv}. If the act of fighting is just starting, you
can add the Type 3 verb suffix {-choH} "change in state, direction."
{SuvchoH} means "he begins to fight."
> The subject is an imperative form "yI"
Imperative prefixes go on the *VERB*, not the noun!!
> For first instance, something like: "yIDuj jagh chu' 'ej Qaw'"
You've got the sentence order right, though. Good. Here's the sentence, with
my above corrections:
jagh Duj yISuvchoH 'ej yIQaw'
Engage the enemy ship and destroy it.
> But my problem are the suffixes.
Actually, your main problem was with the *prefix*.
--
SuStel
Beginners' Grammarian
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