tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Mar 06 18:02:56 2003
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Re: KLBC Are these sentences right?
Am 06.03.2003 19:01:19, schrieb "chepqu" <[email protected]>:
>ba' ghaH
>She sits.
correct, the pronoun {ghaH} is not necessary, but not wrong. It's used for emphasis.
{ba''a' SoH} "do you sit?"
{ghobe' ba' ghaH} "No, she sits."
All your sentences were correct, and their translations are also correct.
But I should mention that they are not complete:
1. {ghaH} can be "he" or "she", only context tells us.
2. There is no tense in Klingon. {ba'} is certainly "s/he sits", but not only. It can actually be *any* form of the verb
"sit" you can imagine [concerning tense]: he sits, will sit, has seated, has been sitting, was sitting, will sit, will be....
etc.
The *time* as when what happens is only indicated by time stamps or context:
vagh ben voDleH vIghom. ba' ghaH.
Five years ago, I met the emperor. He was sitting.
[lit. "five years-ago the emperor, I meet him. he/she sits."]
Now I've done a big sweep around, but you've done a good job.
Send us more of these! That's a good practice.
Quvar
Beginners' Grammarian
ghojwI'pu'wI' vISaH