tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Aug 10 08:06:52 1998
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Re: KLBC
- From: Robyn Stewart <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLBC
- Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1998 08:05:13 -0700 (PDT)
---"Michael H. Clawson" <[email protected]> wrote:
toH, pongvetlh vIghov. jumuvta'. maj.
Aha, I recognize that name. You've joined us. Well done.
> SaH jIHna'
> I am present
The verb needs a prefix. Have a look at page 33 and you will see why
it needs to be /jISaH/. "I am present."
/jISaH jIHna'/ might mean something like "It is definitely me who i
present." You've not only used an optional pronoun, but you've added
the suffix /-na'/ to emphasise how sure it is that it's you.
> quSwIj let
> my chair is hard
Reread section 6.1. The subject of a clause in Klingon goes before
its verb. So /let quSwIj/. Good use of the noun suffix.
> jItlheDtaH
> I am leaving
maj. Using /-taH/ instead of /-lI'/ for the continuous implies that
you're not leaving all that directly, or that the actual completion of
the action of leaving is not important, or not strongly intended.
Re-read page 42. This is a distinction that doen't exist in English
grammar. Klingon has a few such distinctions and you just have to get
used to them, and learn to think like a Klingon.
maj. batlh DughojmoHlaw' tuv'el.
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Qov - Beginners' Grammarian
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