tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Mar 27 07:32:41 2004
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Re: tetlhvamDaq Hoch nuvpu' /everyone on this list
- From: "Scott Willis" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: tetlhvamDaq Hoch nuvpu' /everyone on this list
- Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2004 10:31:58 -0500
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Subject: tetlhvamDaq Hoch nuvpu' /everyone on this list
> cha' jar tlhIngan Hol neH vIghoj 'ach vIghItlhlaH neH vIneHbe'.
> I have been studying the klingon language for only 2 months but I don't
want
> to only be able to write it.
To indicate a time span, use {qaStaHvIS X} "While X is happening." To give a
"timestamp", use a statement of time (wa'Hu'} "yesterday", {DaHjaj} "today",
at the beginning of the sentence.
> mupotlhqu'!
If you want to say, "It is important to me." say "It is important *for* me."
{jIHvaD potlh}
Another thing I've noticed in your posts is the misuse of {neH}.
When used on a verb, it trivializes the action:
{puq vIqIp neH} "I only hit the child." (It's not like it's a big deal.)
When used on a noun, it indicates that only that noun is involved.
{qaStaHvIS cha' jar, tlhIngan Hol neH vIghoj.}
"I've been learning only Klingon (and nothing else) for two months."
--ngabwI'
Beginners' Grammarian,
Klingon Language Institute
http://kli.org/
HovpoH 701339.9
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