tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Nov 04 21:20:05 1997
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DeSvetlh chop chev (was Re: KLBC naDev jIchu')
ja' Doneq:
>{DeSvetlh chop chev}? "He bites that arm he separates"? vIyajbe'.
>jIHvaD yIQIj.
chaq mu'tlheghvam vIqawchu'be', 'ach pabbej.
I might be misremembering the example's words, but the grammar is correct.
It's a command to a pet: "Bite that arm off!" Literally, it's more like
"Bite that arm; separate it."
The _Power Klingon_ tape gives many examples of using Clipped Klingon in
the context of telling a pet what to do. The verb prefix isn't used; it
is obvious from the context of the situation that this is a command.
-- ghunchu'wI'