tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue May 20 04:40:07 2003
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Re: JangmeH toch De'wI' lo'
- From: "Agnieszka Solska" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: JangmeH toch De'wI' lo'
- Date: Tue, 20 May 2003 09:36:06 +0000
ghItlh Klingon Emperor:
: I haven't seen any sentence, written by Okrand or otherwise, that are not
translated in
: present/future tense when lacking -pu', -taH', or -ta'.
mu'tlheghmeyvam tIqel. tlhIngan Hol HaDwI'vaD lI':
[Consider the following sentences. The are useful for the students of
Klingon]
--> Time reference indicated by time stamps
(no suffixes used):
"Yesterday I was hungry."
{wa'Hu' jIghung.} (CK)
"Today I am thirsty."
{DaHjaj jI'oj.} (CK)
"Tomorrow I'll be tired."
{wa'leS jIDoy'.} (CK)
--> Future time reference indicated by the
situational context:
"If we get lucky, one will get angry."
{maDo'chugh QeHchoH wa'.} (CK)
--> No {-taH} used to conveyed the idea expressed
in English by the so-called present continuous tense:
"You are eating serpent worms."
{qagh DaSop.} (CK)
"The serpent worms are moving."
{vIH qagh.} (CK)
"That ship is tracking us."
{nughoch Dujvetlh.} (PK)
ghItlh Klingon Emperor:
: Klingons are blunt, to the point, and quick.
bIlugh.
>They don't have time to add the "fill-in" words ...
bIlugh.
: They don't have time to add the "fill-in" words like DaH, DaHjaj, or other
crap.
Dap 'oHbe' mu'meyvam'e'. pIj potlhqu'. yIqel:
[But these are not "crap" words. They can be bery important. Consider:]
Situation 1: ra' la'. jatlh:
DaH qama' yIHoH.
[Kill the prisoner now]
Situation 2: ra' la'. jatlh:
wa'leS qama' yIHoH.
[Kill the prisoner tomorrow]
ghItlh je Klingon Emperor:
: My mother and father started speaking Klingon to me when I was about
twelve, ...
bIDo'.
: ...and every time they used these suffixes (when I could pick them out
as they spoke)
: I thought they indicated when something happened.
chaq chaH DayajHa'.
chaq ta' Hol lujatlhbe' SoSlI' vavlI' je.
(We know from the KGT that there are many dialects of Klingon. {{;-) )
Obviously, being a Klingon Emperor, you can set your own standards {{;-) but
why not listen to some speakers of the current ta' Hol. Come to a qepHom, or
even better: attend this year's qep'a'!
qepHom yIghoS! qep'a' yIghoS!
'ISqu'
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