tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Jun 05 15:18:53 2004
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Re: "creative"
----- Original Message -----
From: "Thorwald Peeters" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, June 05, 2004 9:13 AM
Subject: Re: "creative"
>
> <quote who="Scott Willis">
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Thorwald Peeters" <[email protected]>
> > To: <[email protected]>
> > Sent: Friday, June 04, 2004 5:08 AM
> > Subject: Re: "creative"
>
> > MO has already told us that something like {tlhIngan Hol Dajatlh 'e'
> > vIQub} 'I think you speak Klingon" is perfectly fine, and means the same
> > as its English translation.
>
> So two sentences need an extra 'it' (the subject just mentioned) after the
> first?
Er, kind of. In a sentence-as-object construction, the second sentence needs
the {'e'} "previous topic" to serve as an object. (Except {neH} "to want"
requires no {'e'})
Examples:
moH DujlIj 'e' vIHar "I believe your ship is ugly."
Is actually two sentences:
"Your ship is ugly. I believe it."
The second sentence needs the {'e'} to stand for "it".
'Nother one:
chaH lonQo' wo' 'e' luSov 'e' luqotlh 'e' vIHar
"I believe they deserve to know the Empire won't abandon them."
is 4 sentences, and all but one require {'e'}, because they act as the
second sentence in a SAO construction.
Clear as mud? }}: )
Seriously, feel free to ask about this (or anything else, for that matter)
as much as you want. That's what I'm here for.
--ngabwI'
Beginners' Grammarian,
Klingon Language Institute
http://kli.org/
HovpoH 701628.5
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