tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Aug 08 04:45:36 1994
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Adverbs, gerunds, participles, et al.
- From: Thornton Rose <[email protected]>
- Subject: Adverbs, gerunds, participles, et al.
- Date: 08 Aug 94 16:33:34 EDT
I am finding that with practice Klingon can be very flexible and expressive, but
I am still having trouble with some of the grammar and word forms. So, I pose
the following questions, which hopefully will be easy for the grammarians out
there:
1. How does one form adverbs? For example:
Maltz eats his to'baj legs greedily.
2. How is "with" expressed in Klingon. (I thought there was an affix for it, but
I can't find one.) For example:
Maltz hit me with a rock.
3. How does one express gerunds and participles (verbal forms used as
adjectives), in Klingon? For example:
a) Screaming in fear, Maltz ran to his quarters.
b) Eating chocolate is Maltz's job.
For participles, I surmised that using an appropriate verb form would probably
work, as in the following:
vajpu' jachtaH - screaming warriors
yuch tetpu' - melted chocolate
But, I couldn't think of anything for gerunds that wasn't awkard. Consider:
SuvtaHghach - fighting (the act of).
4. How does one express infinitives? (Would they just be relegated to participle
forms?) For example:
Maltz likes to eat chocolate.
Qapla'
Thornton