[86894] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: Klingon Sentence Structure
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Fiat Knox)
Sat Nov 21 13:17:49 2009
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:16:38 -0800 (PST)
From: Fiat Knox <fiat_knox@yahoo.co.uk>
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
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(6.1, TKD p. 59) The basic sentence structure is
OBJECT - VERB - SUBJECT
So a sentence like "The alien put down the phaser" would come out as
pu'HIch roQ nov
(pu'HIch phaser; roQ put down; nov alien)
You're also going to have to read up on verb prefixes and suffixes (p. 32 of TKD) for sentences involving first and second person subjects and objects ("I, me" and "you") such as vulqangan Hol vIjatlh "I speak Vulcan" and juDevnIS "You must lead us" but basically for beginning level Klingon sentences of the "the officer hit the prisoner" kind, 6.1 is the place to start.
--- On Sat, 21/11/09, clpachucki@comcast.net <clpachucki@comcast.net> wrote:
> From: clpachucki@comcast.net <clpachucki@comcast.net>
> Subject: Klingon Sentence Structure
> To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
> Date: Saturday, 21 November, 2009, 17:57
> I got my Klingon Dictionary and I have been trying to
> figure out how to write a grammatically correct Klingon
> sentence. I haven't been able to figure it out. Can
> someone help me (in English please)?
> Sample sentence: You and I visited Earth.
