tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat May 05 20:15:16 2012
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[Tlhingan-hol] Variant word order
I was just rereading back through some old stuff and came across this from
the "Star Trek: The Experience" invitation:
laS veghaS HIltonDaq {Hov leng: yIjeSchu'} qaSchoHmo', bIlopqu'meH HIlton
yIghoS.
"Come celebrate the grand opening of "Star Trek: The Experience" at the
Las Vegas Hilton."
I was suddenly struck that {Hov leng: yIjeSchu'} qaSchoHmo' demonstrates
subject-verb word order rather than verb-subject as is normal for Klingon.
Then I remembered that we've actually seen this before, and with the same
verb:
qeylIS DIS chorghvatlh loSmaH jav qaStaHvIS
"in the Year of Kahless 846" ('u' Invitation)
I wonder if we might be seeing a rare construction in which the subject is
brought to the front to emphasise it or bring it into focus. Both of these
are from pretty heavily emphatic contexts.*
* Outside the game, of course, I realise this is just a canonised mistake.
But it's fun to ponder. :)
QeS 'utlh
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