tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Mar 26 01:30:55 1999
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Re: qama'
In a message dated 3/21/1999 9:50:12 AM US Mountain Standard Time,
[email protected] writes:
<< {loD leghlu'} actually has four elements: obejct, pronominal prefix, verb,
and a verb suffix. The suffix indicates "indefinite subject"; but, there is
no subject in the Klingon sentence.
The subject is there! It is indefinite! chomoghmoH! yIyajchu': A subject
and an object are indicated by moHaqmey when there is an appropriate prefix,
but when there isn't, they are indicated by nouns. Got it? >>
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reH bIyajlaHbe' 'e' vItlhojchu'. The pronominal indication of subject of the
sentence is not the subject, I say again. I am aware it is not. You aren't
getting it. You are saying that the marker infixed into the verb is the
subject. I respectfully disagree. Earlier you implied we should not be
looking at other languages to understand better how Klingon works. Again, I
disagree. Really disagree. Only by understanding MO's terms when he gives us
Klingon grammar rules can we correctly use Klingon.
Here's is what I "got": In order to understand Klingon more deeply, I look at
many languages and see how the terms I read in TKD are used. pab mu'mey
Dayajqangbe'chugh, vaj tlhIngan Hol Dalo'Ha'bej.
peHruS