tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Jun 04 17:03:33 2004
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Re: [KLBC] "I love you" word (sentence) order
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From: "Thorwald Peeters" <[email protected]>
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Sent: Friday, June 04, 2004 9:32 AM
Subject: [KLBC] "I love you" word (sentence) order
> I come across a klingon sentence on my surfing on the net sometimes, which
> today (and earlier) throws up questions.
>
> The sentence is {SoHvaD vIghajtaH bang}, which literally (I hope)
> translates to "for you I have it continuously love"
>
> my question is: is this word/sentence order right? I would personally
> translate "I love you" with "SoHvaD bang vIghajtaH" (for you love I have
> it continuously).
>
> Am I making a stupid mistake here, or are all those documents wrong?
You will find yourelf positively shocked at the amount of bad Klingon
floating around out there. }}: )
Your word order is correct, though. Klingon objects come BEFORE the verb. If
you want to do it this way, the proper order is {SoHvaD bang vIghajtaH}.
But there are alternatives. I have seen both {qaparHa'} "I like you" and (my
personal fave) {qamuSHa'} "I un-hate you".
Just some ideas.
--ngabwI'
Beginners' Grammarian,
Klingon Language Institute
http://kli.org/
HovpoH 701624.7
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