tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Sep 18 09:25:35 1997
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Re: Just Practicing
- From: Qov <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Just Practicing
- Date: Thu, 18 Sep 1997 09:25:32 -0700
At 05:23 AM 9/18/97 -0700, M'Sala wrote:
Just Practicing. maj. Put KLBC in your subject line so I won't skip your
posts, though. And include an English translation so I don't need to guess
what you're trying to say.
>Wo'DevtaH ghop Du'ma'.
Some spacing problems here. Took me a moment to figure out. Words should
have spaces between thm, but suffixes and prefixes should not be spaces
apart from the words they belong to. Although your hands are *part* of a
speaking being, they aren't actually speaking beings themselves, so the
possessive suffix {-maj} is appropriate, giving:
wo' DevtaH ghopDu'maj.
Our hands continuously guide empires. (If you meant that our hands guide
the empire, referring to a single empire, you would need to put the prefix
{lu-} on {Dev}: {luDevtaH}, to represent a plural subject acting on a
singular object. See p 33.
>qalegneS.
{qaleghneS} "I am honoured to see you." Don't skip the h in {gh}.
>toH, tlhIngan Hol DajatlhlaH'e'DaneH'a'?
Re-read the end of section 6.2, starting with the line at the bottom of p. 66.
{neH} is a verb that *doesn't* use {'e'}. And note that {'e'} in a sentence
as object construction is a separate word. It needs spaces around it.
toH, tlhIngan Hol DajatlhlaH DaneH'a'?
So, do you want to be able to speak Klingon?
ghItlhlIj vIHo'. pupbe'bej 'ach bIghojba'lI'.
I admire your writings. It's definitely not perfect, but you are clearly
learning.
Qov ([email protected])
Beginners' Grammarian