tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Oct 08 01:45:35 1997
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Re: KLBC
- From: Qov <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLBC
- Date: Wed, 08 Oct 1997 01:45:25 -0700
At 05:43 97-10-06 -0700, M'Sala wrote:
}1. Hung yaS jI - I am a Security Officer .
I think you've found the prefix table, and you're confusing it with the
pronouns. Some of the prefixes resemble related pronouns, but they are not
the same. To say "I am a security officer," compare with {tlhIngan maH} "We
are Klingons and use the *pronoun* {jIH} for I. Good word order.
Pronouns are
jIH - I/me
SoH - you (one person)
ghaH - he/she
'oH - it
maH - we/us
tlhIH - you (more than one)
chaH - they/them (for people)
bIH - they/them (for things)
{Hung yaS jIH} "I am a security officer"
}2.suvI' tlhIngan jI be' - I am a Female Klingon Warrior.
Spelling problem on {SuvwI'}. {be'} isn't an adjective. To say "I am a
female Klingon warrior" I recommend you say "I am a female. I am a
warrior." Try it.
}3 K'mpec may' Duj jI - I served aboard the K'mpec.
This one requires a little more grammar and a missing verb. Also {may'Duj}
is one word. In Klingon to say "on" or "at" or "to" or "in" something, you
put the suffix {-Daq} on the something. The resulting location goes at the
beginning of the sentence, just as you have it. You then need the verb
"serve" which is {toy'}.
{K'mpec may'DujDaq jItoy'} - I served aboard the K'mpec battleship.
Remember: prefixes go on verbs, pronouns go by themselves. mu'ghom
DaSuqnIS. lI' mu'ghom.
Qov [email protected]
Beginners' Grammarian