tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Sep 27 19:31:28 1997
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Re: KLBC: more on -ghach
- From: Qov <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLBC: more on -ghach
- Date: Sat, 27 Sep 1997 19:31:17 -0700
At 08:55 97-09-27 -0700, bI'reng wrote:
}qon Qov:
}>{-ghach} is a very nice tool in its place and it can be used to
}>create some wonderful nouns that require whole sentences in English.
}>The problem that gets {-ghach} all the bad press is people who lazily
}>try to use it to make noun-centric Klingon, instead of stretching
}>their minds to recast to a verb-centric mindset.
}
}So "he saw the stabbing"...
}Noun-centric lazy way: DuQghach legh.
}Klingon verb-centric way: DuQ 'e' legh.
When you place {-ghach} on a bare noun, it is 'marked' sounds funny in Klingon.
{DuQghach} would come out sounding like "stabification."
Qov [email protected]
Beginners' Grammarian