tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Mar 13 17:37:46 1997
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RE: KLBC: qoSwij
- From: "David Trimboli" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: KLBC: qoSwij
- Date: Fri, 14 Mar 97 00:41:46 UT
I'm pulling this under KLBC.
jatlh Qo'neS:
> NuqneH!
Do not capitalize any {n}s.
> tlhingan mubbeq be'nI jiH
Please always capitalize {I}s! And don't forget apostrophes at ends of words!
It's {be'nI'}, not *{be'nI}. This can be very important sometimes.
What did you mean by *{mubbeq}? I can't find that word anywhere, and I think
it may be a mistake.
> Hovjaj 9703.25 qoSwij lop jiH
You forgot the verb prefix on {lop}. Verbs always take prefixes, unless you
need the "null" prefix. You cannot leave them off. You must say {qoSwIj
vIloS jIH}. You CAN leave out the pronoun if your meaning is clear: {qoSwIj
vIlop}.
And you have done the correct thing with the time (though I don't use that
kind of stardates anymore!). Just stick it in front of the sentence.
> wejmaH DIS jiH
You can't say "I am thirty years," you must tell us how long ago you were
born.
wejmaH ben jIbogh
I was born thirty years ago.
> lopwI' tin ghaj jiH
There's a new word for "party" which we learned in KCD: {lopno'}. We're not
sure if it's a specific kind of party, but for now I suspect it can be used in
a general sense.
But, does one "have" a party? That's an English expression, and one I think
we'd better avoid in Klingon. I have a different way to say this, which is a
little less questionable: {tIn lopno'} "The party was big." Now, there are
some that may counter that a party is not an object, and therefore cannot have
size, but I don't really see that as a problem. (Double-standard? Maybe, but
I don't think so.)
> SuvwI' Qupqu' jiH!
wejmaH ben bIbogh qar'a'?
SuvwI' Qupqu' jIH juja'.
chay' bItaH qaStaHvIS wa'maH vagh DIS?
SuvwI'pu' qan tu'lu'be'!
bIHoSghajba'!
--
SuStel
Beginners' Grammarian
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