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Re: [tlhIngan Hol] Asking "why do I need to be there ?"
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lieven L. Litaer)
Fri Feb 22 16:05:47 2019
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From: "Lieven L. Litaer" <levinius@gmx.de>
Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2019 22:05:39 +0100
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Am 22.02.2019 um 20:12 schrieb SuStel:
> On 2/22/2019 2:07 PM, mayqel qunen'oS wrote:
>> So, I think that choosing to ask by saying {qatlh pa' jIHnIS} or
>> {qatlh pa' jIHnIStaH} is a valid option.
I don't like using too many suffixes on a pronoun either.
So I would also suggest using averb. Using verbs is always good in
Klingon, no matter how. If I needed to translate sucha thing, I would
use a verb, and go like
{qatlh pa' jIHtaH net poQ/ra'/thlob?}
or even, depending on context:
{qatlh pa' jIratlhnIS?}
and so on
Isn't there anyone here who speaks arabic, or a different languages that
has not to-be verb? That would interesting to find out how they do that.
> I prefer to use *-taH* when I'm talking about a movable object that may
> just happen to be somewhere at the moment, but not to use *-taH* when
> the object is fixed.
I also follow that system.
(maybe even following your "suggestion" many years ago.)
> But this is not an official rule and cannot be consistently
> demonstrated in the canon.
Indeed not constantly, but at least we have {nuqDaq 'oH Qe' QaQ'e'} vs
{pa'Daq jIHtaH}, which is a good basis to follow.
--
Lieven L. Litaer
aka the "Klingon Teacher from Germany"
http://www.klingonisch.de
http://www.klingonwiki.net/En/StarTrekDiscovery
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