tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Sep 08 15:03:11 1997

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Re: some questions



At 10:13 AM 9/8/97 -0700, muHwI' wrote:

> - mu'mey ghel veb je yImugh

Don't forget the plural object imperative prefix: {tImugh}.
These verbs are from the new book.  {ghel} means "ask (a question)" 
and {veb} means "be next (in a series)." 

> - *SKI* yIQIj
> (What does it stand for?)

"SKI" stands for "Summary for the Klingon Impaired."  It designates 
an English language addendum to a posting in Klingon, intended for 
those who are unable or unwilling to read the tlhIngan Hol.  

> - *canon* yIQIj je
> (explain "canon" also)
> *canon* yajlu' _maj_ pagh yajlu' _qab_ ?
> (Does it mean "correct word" or "not correct, illegal word"?)

First I'll correct your question, then answer it.  Remember that 
{maj} is not a verb, it's just an exclamation like "bravo" or 
"attaboy" or "yay" so you can't use it in a sentence to contrast with 
{qab}.  Use {lugh} or {qar} for "correct" and {QaQ} for "good." The 
whole grammar of your sentence is very strange.   You seem to be 
trying to put subjects on a verb that has the indefinite subject 
suffix {-lu'}.  I'll guess that you were trying to say "Is canon 
good or bad?"  {lugh'a' pagh lughbe''a' *canon*} would get 
your message across nicely.

The best explanation of canon is in the FAQ at:
http://labs.thomtech.com/~dspeers/klingon/faq.htm#3.10

Briefly, for those without web browsers, for the purpose of this list 
"canon" is tlhIngan Hol from Marc Okrand himself.  So if I 
say "we have canon to support using {-Ha'} on an adjectival verb" 
I mean that Marc Okrand has written tlhIngan Hol that does it.

Qov  ([email protected])
Beginners' Grammarian



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