tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Jun 04 22:16:52 1997
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KLBC -vIp, -moH - was Re: jajlo'
- From: "Neal Schermerhorn" <[email protected]>
- Subject: KLBC -vIp, -moH - was Re: jajlo'
- Date: Thu, 5 Jun 97 05:15:44 UT
ghItlh SI'IluD
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>..yInuchQo'! SuDnIS SuvwI'pu' - vIlughHa'vIpbe'!
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>bIlughHa'vIpbe'bej! {{;-)
>DIp 'oHtaH <nuch>'e'
bIlugh 'ej chIch jIQagh 'e' vIja'chugh jInep
ta'meywIj bonuDchu' 'ej *tulughmoHvIpbe' -
nuchpu' tlhIHbe'bej!
Question: in the marked word, the suffix order is incorrect, but apparently
necessary.
tulughvIpbe'moH - all of you cause me to not be afraid to be correct
*tulughmoHvIpbe' - all of you are not afraid to cause me to be correct
If *lughmoH - correct (v) (t) was in the lexicon, the structure above would be
clearly correct. But it is not, and I do not know a better way to say "you do
not fear correcting me" since there is no verb "be afraid" - just the pesky
-vIp verb suffix.
I am confident a Klingon would understand the meaning, even if it was markedly
poor grammar - but I wish to say this in the Emperor's Klingon!