tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Apr 05 09:14:33 1999
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RE: KLBC - a really short story
- From: "Andeen, Eric" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: KLBC - a really short story
- Date: Mon, 5 Apr 1999 09:17:34 -0700
jatlh Dave:
> HughwIj vIHuvmoH jIH
> (BTW, are pronouns necessary in Klingon, or can they
> just be indicated with the verb?)
Pronouns are almost always unnecessary and are usually left out.
> tachDaq luba' tlhInganpu'.
<tach> is not the object of <ba'>, so the prefix should be the null prefix
rather than <lu->.
> 'Iw HIq lutlhutlh tlhInganpu'.
maj.
> tachDaq 'el tera'ngan. tlhIngan Hol jatlhbe' ghah.
Typo - <ghaH>.
> {I wanted to say "he can't speak Klingon well", but "he can't speak
> Klingon" is the best I could do}
The best way to say this is <tlhIngan Hol jatlhlaHchu'be'>. It's a lot of
suffixes, but it gets the idea across pretty clearly.
> "nuqneH" jatlh.
> "'Iw vIneH." jatlh.
> "'Iw DaneH'a' SoH. 'Iw pInob maH!" lujatlh tlhInganpu'.
The words are fine, but I'd put a question mark after the question. Also, a
spoken quote is not the object of the verb <jatlh>; it's just something that
sits there. You should change the <lu-> prefix on <jatlh> to the null
prefix.
> nuHmey lel tlhInganpu'.
> 'IQ tera'ngan.
qatlh 'IQ?
> tera'ngan hoh tlhIngan.
Typo: <HoH>. Also, just to clarify, I would probably say <tera'ngan HoH wa'
tlhIngan>. If they all killed the terran rather than just one of them, you
should say <tera'ngan luHoH tlhInganpu'>, although you can drop the <-pu'>
if you want.
> 'Iw HIq lutlhutlh tlhInganpu'.
This is the perfect place for the verb suffix <qa'>.
Good story. This is *exactly* the sort of thing you should be doing at this
point.
pagh
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