[1049] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: Klingon on road signs!
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Fri Jun 25 20:14:33 1993
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From: mark <mark@dragonsys.com>
To: "Klingon Language List" <tlhIngan-Hol@village.boston.ma.us>
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 93 11:38:21 EST
HoD qengvo':
> Wouldn't
> tlhIngan Hol 'e' majatlh naDev
> work for "Klingon language spoken here"?
Not very well. ma- means "we" subject and no object, or an
understood object. The Type 5 verb suffix -lu' "indefinite
subject" would fit this situation very well; in general, English
passive forms often are well expressed with -lu'. Thus:
naDev tlhIngan Hol jatlhlu'
- marqem
Mark A. Mandel
Dragon Systems, Inc. : speech recognition : +1 617 965-5200
320 Nevada St. : Newton, Mass. 02160, USA : mark@dragonsys.com
