tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Sep 05 09:26:11 1997
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Fw: qIb lengwI' tlhIngan Hol
- From: "Kenneth Traft" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Fw: qIb lengwI' tlhIngan Hol
- Date: Fri, 5 Sep 97 18:24:59 UT
Marc Okrand <[email protected]> wrote in article
<01bcb8ef$f7bec360$7c312299@marcokra>...
> To all those too polite to say anything...
>
> The Klingon sentence I wrote to SuStel and charghwI' [be sure to pronounce
> his name correctly!] contains a grammatical error. It's not a weird
> dialectal variation; it has nothing to do with social status; it's not a
> form of secret or disguised speech. It's just plain wrong.
>
> The verb should be <bolI'pu'bogh>, using the prefix <bo-> "you (plural) [do
> something to] it/them," not <Da-> "you (singular) [do something to]
> it/them."
>
> Though plural suffixes are not obligatory on nouns (<SuvwI'> can mean
> either "warrior" or "warriors"), Klingons are fussy about the verb
> prefixes.
>
> Sorry for any confusion this may have caused. Clearly, Maltz never saw my
> posting.
>
> - Marc
>
>
> Marc Okrand <[email protected]> wrote in article
> <01bcb711$37430f40$LocalHost@marcokra>...
>
> >
> > SuStel charghwI' je -- muquvmoH QInmey DalI'pu'bogh tlhIH.
> >
>
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