tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Jul 03 16:22:58 1997
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Re: I need a little help here
- From: "David Trimboli" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: I need a little help here
- Date: Thu, 3 Jul 97 23:01:59 UT
Hi, WhiteGold! I'm SuStel, the list's Beginners' Grammarian. My job here is
to help you get started in Klingon. If you've got any questions touching on
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[email protected] on behalf of [email protected] wrote:
> I have a few questions like what's the Klingon translation for the word
> "a"?
Klingon does not use articles like English's "a," "an," or "the." These are
just left out. If you want to say "a Klingon," you just say {tlhIngan}. This
could mean "a Klingon" or "the Klingon," depending on what you say in the rest
of the sentence.
Believe me, it's not really all that confusing. Those words don't really
accomplish all that much, anyway.
> And what's the Klingon translation for the word "am"?
Klingon does not have any form of the verb "to be," either. You know, "am,"
"is," "are," and so forth. In most cases, the "to be" from the English
sentence is part of the verb. For example, to say "The warrior is angry," you
say {QeH SuvwI'}. {QeH} means "be angry." What in English is an adjective,
is a verb in Klingon.
There's also the case of "I am a Klingon," or some sentence where you equate
one sentence with another. In Klingon, this is accomplished using pronouns.
See TKD 6.3 for a full description. My example, "I am a Klingon," comes out
as {tlhIngan jIH} literally, "Klingon me."
> And I have just one
> more what's the diference between the word SuvwI and the word Vaj?
Both mean "warrior," but Lawrence says in the latest HolQeD that Okrand's new
book will tell us exactly this.
> I'm kinda new at this so I'd appreciate it if you all would help me out
> thanks
jumuvmo' juquvmoH
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