tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Oct 15 01:37:41 1997
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Re: mu'tlheghmey maSwov
- From: Qov <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: mu'tlheghmey maSwov
- Date: Wed, 15 Oct 1997 01:37:29 -0700
At 13:58 97-10-14 -0700, maSwov wrote:
}>At 12:05 97-10-13 -0700, maSwov wrote:
}
}>}I am superior. You are boring. - nIvjIH. DaSoH.
}>
}>Oops. WHat happened here? You need verb prefixes to represent the subjects
}>of these sentences, and pronouns are never objects. Try this one again.
}
} jInIv. bIDal
DaH lugh
}>}You injured my foot. I injured your arms. - qamwI' chorIQ. lI'DesDu qarIQ
}>} (i used 'injured me/you', should it be 'injured it/them'?)
}>
}>Try this one again, now that you know about {-moH} and will put your
}>suffixes in the right place.
}
} qamwIj DarIQmoH. rajDes vIrIQmoH.
tlhoS. {DeSDu'lIj} - your (one person's) arms. Even though in English the
possessive pronoun goes first, you have to remember to attach it after the
noun in Klingon. Try memorizing this proverb to help you: {nIteb DujlIj yIchIj}
}>}That child looks for his shoes. - Dajwaqmey puqvetlh.
}>
}>You've left out the verb, "look for" and there's that type 4 suffix on the
}>front of the noun again.
}
} waqmeyDaj nej puqvetlh.
maj.
}Thanks Qov - I know I need to pay attention to what I'm writing - I get
carried
}away! Hope these answers are better.
nIvba'. wej pup. yIqeqtaH.
Qov [email protected]
Beginners' Grammarian