tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Oct 19 19:17:03 1997
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Re: KLBC:tIqDaj
- From: Qov <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLBC:tIqDaj
- Date: Sun, 19 Oct 1997 19:17:00 -0700
At 13:04 97-10-18 -0700, qa'SuvwI' wrote:
}Here's a story for you, it's not very long.
}
}tIqDaj Her heart
}
}tIq ghajbe' ghaH She has no heart
}tIqDaj vISop jIH I ate her heart
}qa' ghajbe' ghaH She has no spirit
}qa'Daj vItlhutlh jIH I drank her spirit
}qa' vIghajbe' I have no spirit
}qa'wIj ghoj ghaH She has my spirit
{ghaj} not {ghoj}
}*dead*be' jIH 'ach *alive*be' jIH I am not dead but not alive
}*dead*Ha' jIH I am undead
}
}I could not find words for dead or alive if anyone has words for these
}please tell me,
jIyIn - I live, I am alive
jIHeghpu' - I have died, I am dead
Also note that the pronouns are optional in Klingon and lend added emphasis
when when not required to resolve ambiguity. {vISop jIH} means "*I* ate it"
as though you are emphasizing that you, not someone else, did the eating.
Good work, some good practice.
Qov [email protected]
Beginners' Grammarian