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Re: [tlhIngan Hol] Using -ta' during -taHvIS
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lieven L. Litaer)
Tue Feb 26 05:32:22 2019
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From: "Lieven L. Litaer" <levinius@gmx.de>
Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2019 11:32:13 +0100
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Am 26.02.2019 um 10:35 schrieb De'vID:> cases. The word "usually"
indicates that something is a rule, but that
> there are (i.e., "unusual") exceptions.
We should all remember the phrase from the introduction of TKD:
"It should be remembered that even though the rules say "always" and
"never," when Klingon is actually spoken these rules are sometimes broken. "
> The sentence used to introduce this restriction in TKD is: {yaS qIppu'
> 'e' vIlegh}.
>
> This sentence didn't appear in Star Trek III, but was something with
> this grammar actually spoken in the movie which forced Okrand to make
> this restriction?
Yes: {qama'pu' jonta' neH}
In the first version, it was meant to say "I told you: only the engine".
The new subtitles of the movie changed to "I wanted to take prisoners".
Okrand had to backfit the sentence structure, but the suffix {-ta'} was
on the first verb instead of the second one. So, the rule was set: the
second verb does not take the aspect suffix.
NB: this is not confirmed, but I think it's obvious.
--
Lieven L. Litaer
aka the "Klingon Teacher from Germany"
http://www.klingonisch.de
http://www.klingonwiki.net/En/ST3
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