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Grammar Highlight Each Day (I as the subject of the sentence)
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- Subject: Grammar Highlight Each Day (I as the subject of the sentence)
- Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2001 01:25:16 EST
Disclaimer: This highlight reviews the different ways Klingon expresses "I"
when it is the subject. The highlight does not cover related topics, nor is
it exhaustive.
jISov = I know (not specifying anything as the object)
vISov = I know him/her/it/them (a noun may be the object)
qaSov = I know you (singular)
SaSov = I see you (plural)
peHruS
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Klingon WOTD: {parmaqqay}), but one rarely uses the word in direct address (as in, say, {parmaqqay HIghoS} [{parmaqqay}, come here]). Instead, couples (officially married and otherwise) tend to call each other by pet names (sometimes called endearments or hypocorisms or, in Klingon, {bang pongmey} ["beloveds' names'"]). A {bang pong} is usually couple-specific--that is, the set of expressions used by one couple is different from that used by another couple. Pet names are almost never uttered unless the two members of the couple are alone and, therefore, are seldom known by anyone else. Indeed, one of the defining characteristics of a bang pong is that it be secret, known only by the two members of the couple. The phenomenon of the {bang pong}, however, is not secret. Usually, parents teach their children how the system works and have to give examples in doing so, though it is not known whether the example pet names are actual pet names used by the parents doing the teaching. Sometimes, however, children learn about the custom from other children. In particular, younger children often tell each other pet names they have heard. A child who has a reputation for revealing pet names is usually quite popular among other children, though older Klingons, upon finding out about his or her lack of propriety, will ()
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