tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Feb 10 19:43:49 1999
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Re: "Klingon Linguistic Studies"
ja' muHwI':
>http://www.startrek.com/KLI/quadrant.asp?ssector=linguistics.asp
>...They're just simple words [like
>tlhutlh or nuqneH], but for every word, there is a short definition or
>discription [Verb, to ingest a liquid substance.], a rough pronunciation
>guide [klukh] (which is a very good guide if you don't know which syllable
>to stress!) - and there is even a WAV file for every word to hear it
>pronounced!
Supposedly, the simple definition and the sound file are provided by
Marc Okrand himself. Unfortunately, the well-meaning but uninformed
folks in charge of the site tend to elaborate on the definition more
than they should. Don't take things like their "to ingest a liquid
substance" as authoritative -- especially since they tend to use an
English infinitive form in verbs' definitions, which isn't quite the
right way to render an unprefixed Klingon verb.
-- ghunchu'wI'