tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Mar 25 17:55:38 1998
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At 04:39 98-03-25 -0800, Roy Gielen wrote:
} Hi everyone. My name is Roy Gielen. I recently joined this E-maillist and
like }to contribute something .
Hi, that's three newcomers or delurkers in one download of mail. How did
you hear about us?
I'm assuming you're asking for comment on your contribution. As you are a
newcomer and I am the beginners' grammarian, this is my province.
} muQuj'wi'jIH.
mu' QujwI' jIH
Note that the {'} and the shifted letters are not optional. You must
include them. Leave a space between words.
} jImaj DaQubchugh,
} chovannisbe'.
{maj} means "good" but only as an exclamation, like "bravo." You don't say
"I am bravo" and you shouldn't say *{jImaj}. Use {QaQ} instead. In Klingon
if a verb is the object of another verb, other than {neH}, the pronoun {'e'}
is placed in the object position. I suspect your meaning here is {qel}
rather than {Qub}, you're talking about whether someone considers that you
are good, not wheter they actually think about it, right?
jIQaQ 'e' Daqelchugh chovannISbe'.
} jIqab DaQubchugh,
} chovaqQo',
Same comments re {'e'} and {Qub/qel} plus check out the imperative prefix
table on page 34. {HIvaqQo'} "don't mock me."
} Hichop
Shift for the {I}.
} note: I couldn't find a word for poet , so I used a free translation of
"word player instead" . You can hardly call this poetry anyway.
Not bad. Good use of prefixes. Read over section 6.2.5 to learn how to use
{'e'}.
Qov [email protected]
Beginners' Grammarian