tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri May 28 19:23:38 1999
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RE: KLBC
- From: "Andeen, Eric" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: KLBC
- Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 19:28:09 -0700
jatlh qa'ral:
> HIjang je:
> 1) mojaq /-ghach/ vISovbe'. chay' lo'lu'?
pIjHa' lo'lu'. <-ghach> is a very specialized suffix, and should usually be
avoided. I've found about three occasions to use it the whole time I've been
speaking tlhIngan Hol.
<-ghach> turns a verb (almost always with additional suffixes) into a noun.
Since Klingon works far better when focused on verbs, it is rarely useful to
turn a verb into a noun.
> 4) mu'tlheghDaq chay' cha' wot tlhejchuglaH? vIlaD:
> "be'etor chopong vIchaw"
nuqDaq DalaD?
This is not a good example to follow. In addition to the missing <'> on
<chaw'>, this sentence is obviously missing an <'e'>.
> 'ej "Daqvam vISuch 'e' vInID".
This is a much better example.
> lugh muj qoj choja' vIneH!
Sentence conjunctions (<pagh>, <qoj>, and <'ej>) go between the things they
join. Klingon also has two "or" forms, and this is the place for the
exclusive one (either/or) and not the inclusive one (and/or). Something can
be right or wrong, but it cannot be both:
lugh pagh muj ...
'ej DaH qaja': muj mu'tlhegh wa'DIch. lugh mu'tlhegh cha'DIch.
pagh
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