tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Apr 30 18:00:56 1998
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Re: Re: Some questions and ideas
- From: Qov <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Re: Some questions and ideas
- Date: Thu, 30 Apr 1998 17:57:55 -0700
At 11:48 98-04-30 -0700, Shaun Ault wrote:
}>We'd certainly like to know about your course, and to see you post in
}>Klingon so we can rest assured that it is the {ta' Holna'} you are
}>teaching.
}
} *TKD*Daq pab tu'lu'bogh wImuch. *TKD*mo' *KGT*mo' je mu'tay'maj
}wItlhap. Hol *course*na' rur *course*maj. maQaghbej 'ach *canon*
}wImuch 'e' wInID.
jIbel.
}} Next, I need to clarify something. Do Klingons use any form of
}}punctuation? Since I know of no system other than that of English,
}I've
}}gone under the assumption that Klingon doesn't use any puntuation.
}
}>Again we don't know. They may use different letters to represent a
}>sound at
}>the end of a sentence. The shapes of the glyphs for -'a' (noun suffix)
}and
}>-'a' (verb suffix) may be different, making the latter a sort of
}question mark.
}
} Dajbej.
I forgot to mention there that Mark Okrand has used punctuation including
the period, comma, semicolon, question mark, exclamation point, emphatic
underlining, and em-dash in his transcription system, and so do we on this
list, when it aids clarity.
} qathlo'. jIHvaD lI'qu' QaHlIj.
maHvaD lI' ghojmoHwI' chu'. 'ang'eghDI' jatlhlaHbogh DaqwI' wanI' vItIv.
Qov [email protected]
Beginners' Grammarian