tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Jan 20 21:12:50 1998
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Re: KLBC: mu'tlheghmey
- From: "Neal Schermerhorn" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLBC: mu'tlheghmey
- Date: Wed, 21 Jan 1998 00:15:22 -0500
Hi Peter. Welcome to the list!
ghItlh Peter Qov je:
>}DujHommeyraj bIQaw'
>}"You destroyed your little ships!" (presens actually I know)
>
>Have another look at the prefix table on p. 33. You may be reading it
>incorrectly. The subject AND object of the verb must be represented in the
>prefix. You have the "you" partly right, but you say you are talking to
>"presens" -- I assume that's a typo for "persons" -- so you need the you
>(plural) prefix appropriate for third person plural object. That's {bo-},
>found in the bottom right hand corner of the chart.
If this is Lily's line to Picard in ST:FC (He chucked something at the wall
and buster a model ship display), <Da-> would be appropriate, and the <-lIj>
suffix is required for possession. This leads me to believe "presens" is
actually "present" - as in the tense of the sentense as Peter wrote it in
Klingon, rather than using "past tense" as the English did.
<DujmeylIj mach DaQaw'>
I'll allow Qov to do the teaching here, but in short, the Klingon sentence
is neither in past nor in present tense. (It's not future either.)
Qermaq