tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Sep 02 13:04:45 1997
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Re: KLBC: Re: Introduction
- From: Qov <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLBC: Re: Introduction
- Date: Tue, 2 Sep 1997 13:04:40 -0700 (PDT)
At 10:03 AM 9/2/97 -0700, jatlh Scott D. Randel:
>Qov jatlh:
As the subject who is doing the speaking, Qov should follow the verb.
{jatlh Qov}
> >Every time something new you notice.
> *Yoda* QIchlIj rur
> Couldn't figure out how to make a proper noun possessive. I really
> meant to say "Your speaking sounds like Yoda's."
In Klingon you mustn't take the shortcut of leaving off the noun the
second time: you must say "Your speech is like Yoda's speech."
A Klingon possessive is formed just like an English one, only without
the "'s". "Yoda's speech" translates as {*Yoda* QIch}. This is
explained in more detail in section 3.4.
In every Klingon clause the order is Object-Verb-Subject, the
exact opposite of the typical English sentence. The object here is
the thing resembled: {*Yoda QIch}, the verb is the action {rur} and
the subject is the thing that does the resembling {QIchlIj}
So you should say:
*Yoda* QIch rur QIchlIj
and I answer:
bIlugh. *Yoda* QIch rur tlhIngan QIch. rut tlhIngan QIch rur
QIchwIj. tlhIngan Hol vIbuS vaj bong tlhIngan pab vIlo'.
I recommend you read over section 6.1 on sentence order and then
practice writing simple sentences with OVS word order. Try: "the man
eats the dish" "the Klingon scares the Ferengi" "the torpedo
obliterates the ship." Pretty soon OVS word order will seem natural
-- just be careful not to do it in English. :)
Qov ([email protected])
Beginners' Grammarian