tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Aug 27 08:17:41 1997
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KLBC: Re: mu'tlheghmeywIj
- From: "Neal Schermerhorn" <[email protected]>
- Subject: KLBC: Re: mu'tlheghmeywIj
- Date: Wed, 27 Aug 1997 11:20:26 -0400
majQa'! qarqu' tlhIngan Hol DaghItlhbogh. 'op Qaghmey lutu'lu', 'ach
lulughchoHmoHmeH Qov,
jIloS.
Excellent! The Klingon you wrote is quite accurate. There are some errors,
but I will wait so Qov can correct them. (Qov is the "beginner's
Grammarian" and answers specific grammar questions. If you want Qov's
advice, add KLBC to the message.)
(ben 'ar tlhIngan Hol Dajatlh 'e' Datagh? chu'wI' SoH net pIHbe'...)
Qermaq
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ghItlh Dawut:
>nuqneH.
>tlhIngan Hol vIHaDtaH.
>tlhIngan HolvaD mu'tlhegh qach vIpojlI'.
>mu'tlheghwIj bochov 'e' vItlhob.
>
>Greetings.
>I study the Klingon language.
>I am studying sentence structure for the Klingon language.
>Please assess my sentences.
>
>I have been wondering about the limitations of Klingon sentence
>structuring in regards to compound sentences. I have come up with ideas
>for sentences which may be invalid, but I am unable to confirm or deny
>their validity with the few examples in TKD and the canon sources
>available to me.
>
>Here are examples of what I am talking about, starting with standard
>simple sentences expanding into my questionable constructions.
>
>Example 1: Use of multiple sentences-as-objects
>
>pIj Dalo' // You use it/them often.
>{pIj Dalo'} 'e' bItIv // You enjoy _that_ you use it/them often.
>{pIj Dalo' 'e' bItIv} 'e' vItul // I hope _that_ you enjoy that you
>use it/them often.
>
>/* pIj Dalo' 'e' bItIv 'e' vItul "I hope that you often enjoy using
>them." */
>
>Example 2: Using {vaj} with {'e'} and {net}
>
>choja'Qo'chugh vaj qaHoHnIS
>// If you refuse to tell me, then I must kill you.
>
>{choja'Qo'chugh vaj qaHoHnIS} net Sov
>//One knows _that_ If you refuse to tell me, then I must kill you.
>
>{choja'Qo'chugh vaj qaHoHnIS} 'e' bISov
>//You know _that_ If you refuse to tell me, then I must kill you.
>
>/* choja'Qo'chugh vaj qaHoHnIS 'e' bISov "You know that if you don't
>tell me, I gotta kill you." */
>
>Would these qualify as valid sentences from among the "complex and
>convoluted" sentences written of on TKD p.59, or are these sentences
>simply invalid? Has there been any issues of HolQeD which have
>addressed this? (I only have the first volume of HolQeD, and am
>interested in getting important back-issues.)
>
>Satlho'neS mu'meywIj DalaDmo'.
>Sujangchugh vaj Satlho'qa'neS.
>Qapla'!