tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Apr 26 07:24:22 2006
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Re: Multiple ands...
Shane MiQogh:
> >"Fire torpedo tubes 1, 2, and 3!" Would it be...?
> >"DuS wa', DuS cha', DuS wej je tIbaH!"
QeS:
>lughchu'.
The rule is given in KGT (p.139):
In standard Klingon grammar, the conjunction follows the last
noun of the conjoined set; for example, {naQjej 'etlh taj je}
("spear, sword, and knife"; literally, "spear, sword, knife
and") or {tlhInganpu' romuluSnganpu' ghap} ("either Klingons
or Romulans"; that is, "Klingons Romulans or").
FYI younger Klingons are sometimes careless of this rule:
When it comes to grammar, the younger generation is innovative
as well. One of the more noteworthy characteristics of their
speech is the placement of conjunctions joining nouns ({je},
"and"; {joq}, "and/or"; {ghap}, "either/or"). [...] Instead
of putting the conjunction after the last noun of the phrase,
younger Klingons are often heard putting it before the final
noun: {naQjej 'etlh je taj}, {tlhInganpu' ghap romuluSnganpu'}.
This is a common young person's error, and teachers seem to
be constantly correcting it, with reasonable success.
IRL this "young person's error" was inspired by young actress Spice
Williams' ("Vixis") error in ST5:
KRELL: <<... tlhIngan'e', tera'ngan'e', romuluSngan'e'>>
["... a Klingon, a Terran, a Romulan"] (untranslated)
VIXIS: tlhIngan ghaH wa' vub'e'.
One of the hostages is a Klingon.
KLAA: latlh?
And the others?
VISIX: wa' tera'ngan je wa' romuluSngan.
A Terran and a Romulan.
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons