tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Apr 22 04:53:01 1998
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I-us prefix
- From: Svante Carl von Erichsen <[email protected]>
- Subject: I-us prefix
- Date: Wed, 22 Apr 1998 11:52:48 +0000
"Svante", "Sven" puqloD, "von Erichsen" tuq jIH.
"Germany"ngan jIH.
"IRC"Daq "Harlekin" 'oH pongwIj'e'.
pong 'oH net ghovlaHqu'mo' naDev 'oH vIlo' je.
At this point I'd like to bring up a little problem we stumbled upon
while diskussing in IRC (#klingon - you're all welcome }:)
I'll paste in a short part:
<Harlekin> Have you ever thought of a verb prefix I-us?
<Harlekin> 'I can see us (on the security monitor)'
<****> jIHDaq maH leghlaH jIH, if there's danger of ambiguity
<Harlekin> doesn't leghlaH need some prefix?
<****> of course, but the prefix for I-us is nothing.
<Harlekin> read the table on p. 33 carefully - is there a '0' or a
'-'?
<****> oops.
I think you got the problem - there is no prefix noted in TKD for I-us,
and there
is no Type 1 verb suffix workaround either.
In my opinion this seldom used prefix was forgotten in TKD (perhaps due
to the symmetry of the table).
Also, I think a construction like 'I see you and I see me' is somewhat
awkward,
because I think for one meaning there should be one sentence.
Anyway, perhaps someone should consult Marc Okrand and publish his
answer.
Harlekin