tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Jan 24 10:34:33 1999
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Re: KLBC
- From: "Ian Wilkinson" <wilk0@x-stream.co.uk>
- Subject: Re: KLBC
- Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 17:51:30 -0000
jatlh pagh:
> > 'oghwI' pongwIj
> > My name is 'oghwI' (I am unsure of the word order. TKD said N1-N2
> > could be N1's N2 so this should be ok. Do I need a 'e' on anything?
> > I am not sure what to put it on if I do need one.)
>
> This doesn't quite work - you're trying to write a sentence, so you need
a
> verb. The way we do forms of "to be" - like "(something) is (something
> else)" - in Klingon is with pronouns. It's a bit strange (for English
> speakers, anyway), but that's the way it works. Examples:
>
> tera'ngan jIH. - I am a Terran.
> tlhIngan SoH'a'? - Are you a Klingon?
>
> When there's something after the pronoun, it gets the suffix <'e'>. So if
> you want to say "My name is <'oghwI'>", it's:
>
> 'oghwI' 'oH pongwIj'e'
>
I am probably missing the point compleatly, as I don't see the purpose of
'oH
Are you saying that we use 'oH as the verb? If so why are we using 'oH,
why not a different pronoun? Or is 'oH working as if it is "it (is)", that
would make sense.
On a different subject, what are the "Skybox Cards"? and where can I get
them.
> pagh
> Beginners' Grammarian
>
'oghwI'
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