tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Mar 01 16:14:19 1996
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Re: KLBC:I need some ideas.
- From: "Dr. Lawrence M. Schoen" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLBC:I need some ideas.
- Date: Fri, 1 Mar 1996 16:14:19 -0800
> >"After lunch I will invade western Europe"
>
> Klingon doesn't explicitly speak of tenses (past, present, future), so
> let's ignore the "future" implications of the word "will" for now. It
> will be taken care of by other context.
>
> "After lunch" is a prepositional phrase, which Klingon doesn't have.
> We'll have to reword this to use some other grammatical tool. To
> express the idea "after" we can use the verb suffixes {-pu'} and {-DI'}
> together. Try adding a verb on which these suffixes can be placed:
> "When I have eaten lunch, I will invade...."
While I have no doubt that the Beginner's Grammarian's command of Klingon far
surpasses my own, I will humbly submit that this is an idle place to use {-ta'}
instead of {-pu'}. Rarely does one sit down to eat lunch without intention.
Lawrence
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