tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Apr 01 21:57:47 1998
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RE: Okrand: English "in/on" vs. Klingon {-Daq}
- From: Qov <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: Okrand: English "in/on" vs. Klingon {-Daq}
- Date: Wed, 01 Apr 1998 21:55:22 -0800
Ack, I should have sent this ages ago. It was sitting on the bottom of a
pile of windows. (My mailbox saves its state when I quit.)
At 14:34 98-03-23 -0800, Nathan wrote:
}Ken Traft wrote ...
}
}>The use of <-vo'> and <-Daq> have indicated as being used only to specify
}>location. Phrases like "In God We Trust" or "I believe in magic" or the
}>"from/of" types of meanings have not been easy to do in Klingon.
}
}surely its enough to say
}vIvoq *God* or
}
}wIvoq *God*
}
}and
}wIHar *whatever*
You're on the right track, Nathan, but have another look at section 6.1 of TKD.
In Klingon the OBJECT of the verb goes BEFORE the verb. The English
sentence has a strange reversal, but you can't copy it in Klingon.
*God* vIvoq - I trust God.
*God* wIvoq - We trust God.
But what about that reversal? What is the differnce between "We trust God."
and "In God we trust"? The latter emphasizes God a little more. Klingon
has a way to do that, too.
*God*'e' wIvoq.
Qov [email protected]
Beginners' Grammarian