tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue May 08 07:53:14 2001
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RE: KLBC: cha'Dich
- From: "Stauffer, Tad E (staufte7)" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: KLBC: cha'Dich
- Date: Tue, 8 May 2001 10:52:46 -0400
David said:
> Greetings fellow warriors! This is my first post, so please be
> kind. :-)
>
Welcome to the list, David! I'm taD, the current Beginner's Grammarian. You
know about using KLBC in your subject line, so I'll skip the rest of my
intro.
> naDev jIchu. tlhIngan-Hol vIghoj vIneH.
>
> My intent was to say: "I am new here. I want to learn the
> Klingon language."
>
maj. The word order here is good, and the verb prefixes are correct.
Just a couple comments on spelling:
Don't forget the {'} at the end of {chu'}. The letter {'} is just as
important as {q}, {Q}, {tlh}, or any other letter in Klingon.
Also, {tlhIngan Hol} should be written without a dash. The reason that
there's a dash in the email address [email protected] is because spaces
aren't allowed in the email address.
> Hopefully that's understandable. The word order frazzles me a
> bit. I also wanted to say "I am sad because Voyager is
> leaving.", but I admit to not understanding how the sentence
> should be worded. This is what I came up with:
>
> 'Voyager'mo ghoSlI jI'IQ.
> (Due to Voyager going away, I am sad)
>
This is a good attempt. Again, don't forget the letter {'} on {ghoSlI'} and
{*Voyager*mo'}. Since {'} is a Klingon letter, it's a good idea to use
asterisks instead of quotes when using non-Klingon words in Klingon
sentences.
{-mo'} ("because") is both a noun suffix, and a verb suffix. So you can add
it to either a noun, or a verb.
If you want to say "Because of (some noun)...", you would add {-mo'} to the
noun at the beginning of the sentence. For example:
{qulmo', jItuj} "Because of the fire, I am hot."
If you want to say "Because of (some action)...", then you would add {-mo'}
to the verb in the sentence. For example, you can start with a sentence such
as:
{chuS targh} "The targ is noisy."
Then, you would add {-mo'} to the verb in that sentence. The word order for
the sentence should stay the same, so that the subject {targh} comes after
the verb {chuS}:
{chuSmo' targh, jIQeH} "Because the targ is noisy, I am angry."
So for your sentence, you would start with "Voyager is going away":
{ghoSlI' *Voyager*} "Voyager is going away", literally "Voyager is in the
process of going (somewhere)"
and then add {-mo'} to the verb in that sentence:
{ghoSlI'mo' *Voyager*} "Because Voyager is going away"
{ghoSlI'mo' *Voyager*, jI'IQ} "Because Voyager is going away, I am sad."
A comment on vocabulary choice - Klingons probably wouldn't say that a
television show actually 'goes' somewhere when it goes off the air. Maybe
you could use another verb instead of {ghoS}. Perhaps {loj} ("be all gone")
or {ngab} ("disappear").
A good first message. Qapla'!
- taD
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