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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Adjectives
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robyn Stewart)
Fri Oct 9 16:48:43 2015
From: "Robyn Stewart" <robyn@flyingstart.ca>
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Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2015 13:48:32 -0700
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The order of words in a Klingon sentence is very important. Most of the =
time the function of a word is made clear by its position in the =
sentence. The flip side of this is that a mis-positioned word may render =
the sentence unintelligible.=20
You=E2=80=99re right that nuH pegh might mean =E2=80=9Cthe secret of the =
weapon=E2=80=9D =E2=80=9Cthe weapon=E2=80=99s secret=E2=80=9D or =
=E2=80=9Cthe secret weapon.=E2=80=9D I guess when you=E2=80=99re =
thinking in Klingon, there isn=E2=80=99t as big a difference between a =
weapon that has a secret and a weapon that is secret as there might be =
in English. I imagine it=E2=80=99s akin to the way people who grew up =
with Imperial measurements don=E2=80=99t feel that mass and weight are =
substantially different, or the way people who speak English use the =
same term love to profess extreme fondness of relatives, food, romantic =
partners and sports teams. If it=E2=80=99s really important to make it =
clear, you can explain.
- Qov
=20
From: HoD qunnoQ [mailto:mihkoun@gmail.com]=20
Sent: October 9, 2015 13:20
To: tlhIngan Hol mailing list
Subject: [Tlhingan-hol] Adjectives
=20
i just read in hol.kag.org that "Those notions expressed as adjectives =
in English (such as big, tired) are expressed by verbs in Klingon (be =
big, be tired)"
but what am i to do,when the klingon verb is a noun too ?
suppose i want to write "secret weapon". if i say "nuH pegh" can't this =
be mistaken for "secret of the weapon" or "weapon's secret" ?
qunnoQ
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D'>The order of words in a Klingon sentence is very important. Most of =
the time the function of a word is made clear by its position in the =
sentence. The flip side of this is that a mis-positioned word may render =
the sentence unintelligible. <br><br>You=E2=80=99re right that nuH pegh =
might mean =E2=80=9Cthe secret of the weapon=E2=80=9D=C2=A0 =E2=80=9Cthe =
weapon=E2=80=99s secret=E2=80=9D or =E2=80=9Cthe secret =
weapon.=E2=80=9D=C2=A0 I guess when you=E2=80=99re thinking in Klingon, =
there isn=E2=80=99t as big a difference between a weapon that has a =
secret and a weapon that is secret as there might be in English.=C2=A0 I =
imagine it=E2=80=99s akin to the way people who grew up with Imperial =
measurements don=E2=80=99t feel that mass and weight are substantially =
different, or the way people who speak English use the same term love to =
profess extreme fondness of relatives, food, romantic partners and =
sports teams. If it=E2=80=99s really important to make it clear, you can =
explain.<br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
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D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><b><span =
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</b><span lang=3DEN-US =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> HoD qunnoQ =
[mailto:mihkoun@gmail.com] <br><b>Sent:</b> October 9, 2015 =
13:20<br><b>To:</b> tlhIngan Hol mailing list<br><b>Subject:</b> =
[Tlhingan-hol] Adjectives<o:p></o:p></span></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><div><p =
class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-bottom:12.0pt'>i just read in <a =
href=3D"http://hol.kag.org">hol.kag.org</a> that "Those notions =
expressed as adjectives in English (such as <b>big, tired</b>) are =
expressed by verbs in Klingon (<b>be big, be =
tired</b>)"<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'margin-bottom:12.0pt'>but what am i to do,when the klingon verb =
is a noun too ?<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'margin-bottom:12.0pt'>suppose i want to write "secret =
weapon". if i say "nuH pegh" can't this be mistaken for =
"secret of the weapon" or "weapon's secret" =
?<o:p></o:p></p></div><p =
class=3DMsoNormal>qunnoQ<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></body></html>
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