tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Jan 31 17:37:25 1998
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Re: Nature phenomenon
- From: Qov <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Nature phenomenon
- Date: Sat, 31 Jan 1998 17:36:25 -0800
At 17:07 98-01-31 -0800, SuStel wrote:
}[Insert standard speculation disclaimer for Klingonists who like to attack
}without reason.]
}
}However, suppose for a moment that these verbs do not, in fact, have any
}subject whatsoever. They are flukes of the language in that regard. It
}certainly seems to me that they actually function more like {chuvmey}
}exclamations, except that they can (probably) take verb suffixes as well.
}It would be like being able to say {majlaw'} for "I think that's
}satisfactory" or {majqu'} for "That's very satisfactory" (perhaps this
}phrase was the forerunner of {majQa'}, being spoken extremely emphatically).
}{SIS} and {peD} might be in a transition phase going from verb to leftover,
}or the other way round.
}
}[Repeat standard speculation disclaimer stated at beginning.]
If this were a newsgroup I would at this point be posting a call for votes
on creation of sci.lang.klingon.rain :)
I'll kind of like it, actually. He obviously sings "rain". ghunchu'wI'
will get it.
Qov [email protected]
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