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Grammar Highlight Each Day (Adjectivals)
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- Subject: Grammar Highlight Each Day (Adjectivals)
- Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 19:08:32 EST
Disclaimer: I am not posting these as the authority on Klingon grammar.
Marc Okrand, the author of the language, is the true authority. Meanwhile,
read his writings, including The Klingon Dictionary.
There are no adjectives as such in Klingon. Those notions expressed as
adjectives in English (such as big, tired) are expressed by verbs in Klingon
(be big, be tired). A verb expressing a state of quality can be used
immediately following a noun to modify that noun.
Examples: puq Doy' = tired child
(puq = child; Doy' = be tired)
Dujmey tIn = big ships
(Duj = ship, Dujmey = ships; tIn = be big)
Notice, too, that Marc Okrand does not use the word "adjectives," rather the
word "adjectivals." Webster: adj. of the nature of an adjective; of an
adjective."
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