tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Jan 08 05:44:34 1997
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RE: KLBC
- From: "David Trimboli" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: KLBC
- Date: Wed, 8 Jan 97 13:43:25 UT
January 08, 1997 2:44 AM, jatlh loDDoq:
> waqmey nuqDaq
> where are the shoes?
Think of the phrase most people hear in Klingon: {nuqDaq 'oH puchpa''e'}
"Where is the bathroom?" Now, make this sentence look like that one.
nuqDaq bIH waqmey'e'?
I used {bIH} instead of {'oH} because {'oH} means "it" (singular), and {bIH}
means "they, them" (things, not people).
> waqmey nuqDaq jIH
> where are my shoes?
Read TKD section 3.3.4 on possessives. "My shoes" is a possessive and must
use the suffix {-wIj}:
nuqDaq bIH waqmeywIj'e'?
> Soj vIparHa'
> I like the food
maj.
> Soj vIpar
> I dont like the food
maj.
> Another story:
>
> a:"HIghoS"
> b:"naDev'a'"
{naDev} is not a verb, and cannot use the {-'a'} interrogative suffix. If "b"
is asking if he should approach "a," then ask the full sentence.
qaghoSnIS'a'?
> a:"HIja'
> after approching:
ghoSDI'
> a:"maj"
> b:"nuqneH"
> a:"Duj tIvoqtaH,yaj'a'"
> b:"jIyaj"
> a:"majQa'"
> a:"bIjaH"
If this is a command, you need the imperative prefix, {yI-}.
yIjaH
> b:"lu'.Qapla'"
> a:"Qapla'"
>
> so,what do u think?
majQa'! jatlhbogh tlhIngan 'Iv?
> Qap'
Why are you writing {Qap'} instead of {Qapla'}?
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