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RE: KLBC: HIlaD! (Lurker coming to light)



jatlh qoror:

> >Qo'noSDaq bIghIQ 'e' Danab'a'?
> 
> jIHvaD bIjatlhbe'taH 'e' vISov, 'ach vuDwIj vIja' vIneH.  Qo'noSDaq not 
jIghIQ
> (mu' po'qu' 'oH {ghIQ}'e'!).

What exactly do you mean, "{ghIQ} is a very skilled word"?  And why use the 
pronoun?

Instead of saying, for example:

taj Daj 'oH Daqtagh'e'
The Daqtagh is an interesting knife,

Klingon is set up to say:

Daj Daqtagh
The Daqtagh is interesting.

Now just decide what you meant by the above sentence, and fill in the bits 
accordingly.

> chaq muHoH yajHa'ghach law'.

"Perhaps many misunderstandings kill me."  What do you mean by this?

> QIp *PK*Daq tera'ngan,

A noun with {-Daq} cannot be used to modify another noun.  These nouns only 
modify entire sentences.  You must say

"Power Klingon"-Daq QIp tera'ngan.

> 'ach 'e' vIHechbe'.

"But I don't intend that."  Don't intend to do what?  Be stupid?  As it is, it 
looks like you are saying {"Power Klingon"-Daq QIp tera'ngan 'e' vIHechbe'} "I 
don't intend that on Power Klingon the Terran is stupid."  This can't be what 
you mean.  Perhaps you mean

'ach jIQIp 'e' vIHechbe'
But I don't intend to be stupid.

-- 
SuStel
Beginners' Grammarian
Stardate 97446.0


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