tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Mar 03 15:51:21 1997
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RE: KLBC: lut Saj
- From: "David Trimboli" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: KLBC: lut Saj
- Date: Mon, 3 Mar 97 23:36:02 UT
On Monday, March 03, 1997 10:54 AM, [email protected] on behalf of
[email protected] wrote:
> wa'Hu', ghung QibwamwI'*
> Yesterday, Shadowhunter* was hungry.
Even though it's a name, you should always capitalize your {I}s. It may not
seem important, but once you get good at reading Klingon, it becomes very hard
to follow text with lower-case {I}s.
> SISpu'mo' yav DungDaq bIH gharghmey'e'.
> Because it had rained, serpent worms were above ground.
Well, I doubt you've got serpent worms in your garden, but I know what you
mean . . .
> jav gharghmey nom jon QibwamwI'.
> Shadowhunter quickly captured six serpent worms.
If you want to use the adverbial immediately before the verb as you have here,
you must use the noun suffix {-'e'} on the object noun. See TKD Addendum 6.7.
jav gharghmey'e' nom jon *QIbwamwI'*.
The more usual way to write this is
nom jav gharghmey jon *QIbwImwI'*.
> Sopchu'.
> He ate them all up.
maj! Excellent use of {-chu'}!
> *QibwamwI' 'oH pong'e' SajwIj.
> *Shadowhunter is my pet's name.
To do a possessive, the possessor comes first, and the possessed comes second.
{SajwIj pong} "my pet's name."
*QIbwamwI'* 'oH SajwIj pong'e'.
majQa'! batlh maHvaD lut Daja'!
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SuStel
Beginners' Grammarian
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