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Re: was: `dative' / mIStaH pIl'o'



>> laH cha' nav neHlaw'.

ja' pIl'o':
>'ughlaw'  nach HomwIj.     jIHmo'   yItuv.

qachuH:

[A typical Trekkie] seems to want his skills to show up in a photograph.

>> if <cha'> is verb in an object sentence, wouldn't it still need a  syntactic
>> marker like <-bogh>? (paper which shows ability, for showing ability)
>>could this
>> approximate a dipomaor certification?

I'm not trying to say they want a diploma.  I think that would actually
work in favor of someone deciding to learn Klingon -- the certification
pins do make for a nice bit of recognition.  But they're just slightly too
small to show up well in a newspaper photo.

>> ...There are
>> languages where a negation idea requires "negative" grammar in multiple
>> places in a sentence, but Klingon is not one of them.
>
>DaH, loQ jIyaj.
>tuch'a'  pab 'utlhpu'?

ghobe'.  tuchbe'lu'.  'ach Dalo'chugh, yIyep.
chaq qech'e' DaneHbogh 'oHbe' qech Dajatlhbogh.

-- ghunchu'wI' 'utlh




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