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RE: KLBC: hello

• From: "David Trimboli" <[email protected]>
• Subject: RE: KLBC: hello
• Date: Fri, 3 Jan 97 22:40:18 UT

 January 02, 1997 10:40 PM, jatlh Caryn Law:

> I see that there are no adjectives in Klingon. This means that nouns
> serve as adjectives at times, correct?

No, not really.  Some *verbs* can be used as adjectives; specifically, the 
stative ones.  For example:

tlhIngan
Klingon

tlhIngan Quch
happy Klingon

Noun phrases may help classify something (like {tera' DIS} for "Terran year" 
and {tlhIngan DIS} for "Klingon year"), but these are not really adjectives.

> > batlh tlhIngan Hol DaHaDchoHpu'!
> 
> as, "You have just begun studying the honorable Klingon language." Is
> that a correct translation?

Not exactly.  {batlh} is a noun, but it is also one of the {chuvmey}.  
Specifically, it functions as an adverb.  It means "honorably, with honor."

"You have begun studying the Klingon language honorably."

-- 
SuStel
Beginners' Grammarian
Stardate 97010.1

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