tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Mar 11 11:19:43 1997
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Re: Quch (was Klingon clock)
jatlh skywaltzer:
> Hab SoSlI' Quch! (Your mother has a smooth forehead) >>
>
> I think that's right, but isn't "Hab", "be smooth?" Using proper
>
>OBJECT-VERB-SUBJECT
>
> form would suggest that the phrase should be "Quch" (the object
>'forehead') followed by "Hab" (the verb 'be smooth') and then SoS (mother)
>with the suffix "lI'" (your; being able to use language).
No, look at it carefully:
verb subject
| ,--^--.
Hab SoSlI' Quch
| \ `-- forehead
smooth your mother's
"[Your mother's forehead] is smooth."
Got it? If you wanted it ordered like you did, it's <SoSlI' Quch Hab>, or
"Your mother's [smooth forehead]," but that isn't a sentence.
-HurghwI'