tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue May 30 16:23:41 2006
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Re: Brainfart question (so dumb it should be KLBC)
- From: "Andrey Kuznetsov" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Brainfart question (so dumb it should be KLBC)
- Date: Tue, 30 May 2006 16:23:27 -0700
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I don't know much but I would guess when it's stand alone, in
different Klingon ..(what's the word, accents, languages?) there is a
different special meaning just for what you want to say, but it will
not be the word, or root of the word you are using here right now.
I suppose that we all here use the same DIALECT (here thats the word),
then there would be some sort of an answer that even might include the
root qaneH.
I am a feddi noob, looking to rival up to Klingon language to be able
to understand something when being insulted at Klingon's parties and
conventions. As well as trade sentences and phrases with one. It'
really is just that cool talking to someone in another language that
is completely foreign to the whole planet almost ;)
On 5/30/06, Shane MiQogh <[email protected]> wrote:
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> Steven Boozer <[email protected]> wrote: Shane wrote:
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> >could "qaneH" be used as present tense or only future tense?
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> Both. As well as past tense.
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> Klingon does not mark grammatical tense, only aspect. Which English tense
> you use to translate the Klingon depends on the context:
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> qaneH
> I wanted you. I want you. I will want you.
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> qaneHpu'
> I had wanted you. I have wanted you. I will have wanted you.
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> qaneHtaH
> I used to want you. I still want you. I will continue to want you.
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> etc.
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> Voragh
> Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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> I always considered -taH to enforce present dence and -ta'/-pu' inforce past tense, but never really considered anything to imply future tence. "qaneHtaH" as "i used to want you" dosn't really make sence to me... All the other examples i can see a stretch to, but that... o.O Question is, what does it imply if there is no context, and it's stand alone... If the only klingon phrase was "i want you" would it be still appropriate to use "qaneH" without a suffix? That's my question, because the suffixes do imply tenses, but lack of tense... is some what vague and isn't always enforced. lol
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