tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon May 16 00:28:54 2011
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RE: On the interaction between different verb suffixes
- From: Lucifuge Rofocale <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: On the interaction between different verb suffixes
- Date: Mon, 16 May 2011 08:26:22 +0100 (BST)
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> Aye, the reason I bring this up is actually because I
> recently told somebody «tlhIngan Hol Daghoj DaneHchugh
> qaQaHlaH 'ej qaQaHqang» {If you want to learn Klingon, I'm
> willing and able to help you.}, and wondered if perhaps I
> could shorten this sentence by changing qaQaHlaH 'ej
> qaQaHqang into qaQaHqanglaH.
I have no objections. tlhIngan Hol has features which allow for compression and abbreviation to as short a length as possible, providing the context remains clear in the rest of the speech.
Witness Clipped Klingon, the battle language - the ultimate expression of Klingon linguistic brevity.
qaQaHqanglaH works - even as a one-word sentence - if you and the recipient both understand the context of the conversation, namely in this case the discussion of teaching the recipient Klingon.
So you could get away with <<tlhIngan Hol DaHaD DaneH'a'? qaQaHqanglaH.>>