tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Feb 07 15:26:00 1997
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Re: KLBC
David Trimboli wrote:
>
> February 04, 1997 10:11 PM EST, jatlh ChuS be':
>
> > ChuS be' pongwIj.
>
> When saying that something "is" something else, use a pronoun. See TKD
> section 6.3. Also, please mark names with a symbol, like an asterisk.
>
> *ChuS be' 'oH pongwIj'e'.
>
> Have you heard me go on about what KLBC is all about? I suppose you have, so
> I'll spare you my speech! :)
>
> > tlhIngan Hol vIghojlI'.
>
> This sentence is perfectly correct, but it implies that you have a known
> stopping point in mind. I hope that you plan to study Klingon as an ongoing
> project, not a specific task, so instead of {-lI'}, use {-taH}:
>
> tlhIngan Hol vIghojtaH.
>
> See TKD section 4.2.7.
>
> > vIparHaqu'.
>
> maj.
>
> > tlhIngan Hol vIghojlI' vav vIja'ta'.
>
> majQa'! Except that I'd use {vIghojtaH} instead of {vIghojlI'}, you've got
> this one right on! And verbs of saying are confusing enough!!
>
> > muQub jum. (lugh jIjatlh'a'?)
>
> ghobe'. Actually, both sentences are wrong.
>
> "He thinks that I am odd" requires a sentence-as-object construction (see TKD
> section 6.2.5). The first part is "I am odd." {jIjum}. The second part is
> "He thinks that." {'e' Qub}. {'e'} is a pronoun which stands in for the
> entire previous sentence. Imagine the {jIjum} part crammed into where the
> {'e'} is.
>
> jIjum 'e' Qub.
> He thinks I'm odd.
>
> > ChuS be'
> >
> > PS jIbel. peDlI'!
>
> Again, you probably don't want {-lI'}. {-taH} would be correct. The assumed
> subject of this sentence must be {muD} "atmosphere." {peDtaH muD} "The
> atmosphere is snowing." After all, when you say "It is snowing," what's "it"?
> Well, in Klingon, the word {muD} seems to work here. See HolQeD 2:4, if you
> have it.
>
> jumuvmo', jIQuch, *ChuS be'*. batlh tlhIngan Hol Daghojjaj!
>
> --
> SuStel
> Beginners' Grammarian
> Stardate 97100.5
QaH'a' mu'meylIj. tlhIngan Hol vIghojbejtaH. jujatlh
jupwIj: nIyajbe' 'ej tlhIngan Hol bIjatlh bIqanDI'! (jIlugh'a'?)
jabbI'IDlIj wa'DIch: wa' Doch mumISmoH. {jIjum'e' Qub.}
he-it HechmeH moHaq pagh ?
*ChuS be'
PS Star Date choQIjqang'a'? chay' DaSIm'a'?