tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Feb 23 19:40:11 1999
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Re: KLBC: Prefix trick
In a message dated 2/23/99 8:14:44 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[email protected] writes:
<< The "prefix trick" is a bit of Klingon grammar. If a verb has an indirect
object (IO) that is first or second person (me, you, us) and a direct object
(DO) that is third person, then instead of using the usual {IO-vaD DO verb}
formation, the verb prefix can be changed to indicate the indirect object.
Examples:
SoHvaD matlh vIpong - "I call you Maltz" - becomes
matlh qapong
jIHvaD paq yInob - "Give me the book" - becomes
paq HInob
pagh
Beginners' Grammarian >>
Where would I classify this in the Klingon dictionary? In simple sentences or
in the verb prefix section? I ask only because I want to create my own
personal dictionary that would enable me, myself, and I to understand Klingon
better. I would not and never will distribute it, since that is illegal.
Also, should the double -bogh suffixed verb comment go under relative clauses?
T'Lod