[1913] in tlhIngan-Hol
CK Errors
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Tue Nov 2 11:29:18 1993
Reply-To: "Klingon Language List" <tlhIngan-Hol@klingon.east.sun.com>
From: cleggp@rpi.edu
To: "Klingon Language List" <tlhIngan-Hol@klingon.east.sun.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Nov 93 11:22:27 EST
>But probably the most aggrivating of all is the fact that Okrand simply
>omitted the {lu-} prefix in two places where I'm sure they must be:
>
>"They don't serve Romulan Ale to Terrans - too potent."
>{tera'nganvaD romuluS HIq jabQo' - HoSghajqu'}
>If the subject is indeed {chaH} (understood), then it should be:
>{tera'nganvaD romuluS HIq lujabQo' - HoSghajqu'}
>
>"Klingons never destroy good food."
>{not Soj QaQ Qaw' tlhInganpu'}
>Should be:
>{not Soj QaQ luQaw' tlhInganpu']
>
>This would be the case _unless_ {Soj} really means "foodstuffs" and
>its plural suffix is understood. But for some reason, my mind doesn't
>like that line of thinking.
Is he perhaps using "Clipped Klingon"? I never really bothered to even try
to assimilate that, until I get a better grasp of normal Klingon, but dropping
verb prefixes sounds like what I remember seeing in "Clipped Klingon"...
...Paul
