[89162] in tlhIngan-Hol
tlhIngan lalDan
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Josh Badgley)
Tue Aug 23 10:49:41 2011
From: "Josh Badgley " <joshbadgley@hotmail.com>
To: "david@trimboli.name " <david@trimboli.name>, " tlhingan-hol@kli.org "
< tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2011 14:40:51 +0000
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Just a curious question...I am trying to write my first short story in tlhIngan Hol. My understanding is that the Klingon people slew their gods ages ago...yet within TKD we find terms like lalDan, lat, chIrgh, etc. It would seem from what little I know that Klingons seem to highly revere their honorable ancestors. Would it be out of character if one of the Klingons in my story were to visit a temple, or invoke his ancestors? Maybe not "pray" in the sense of "beg" but more like "worship" or "appease"?
Josh
-----Original Message-----
Date: Tuesday, August 23, 2011 8:55:20 am
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
From: David Trimboli <david@trimboli.name>
Subject: RE: nuq bop bom: 'ay' wa'
jatlh Qov:
> Thank you so much for these, SuStel. I really appreciate your working
> through it.
qay'be'. jIHvaD Qu' rap Data'pu'.
> I know I am rusty, so I was TRYING to go for quality not
> quantity here, so that these things I have forgotten could be
> corrected.
>>> meHDaq yaHDajDaq ba' vajar HoD.
>>
>> This needs aspect, or else it's automatically not continuous and not
>> completed. Likewise for any verbs that show something happening in the
>> story, but not for verbs that are simply describing the way things
>> are.
>
> I think I need some more help with this. I generally don't put an
> aspect suffix on a verb until I need to contrast it with other action
> in the paragraph. Are you saying that any verb must have an aspect
> suffix? I totally don't remember that. Could you point me at the
> rule? Or is it just that those particular sentences are confusing
> because you can't tell the aspect of the action?
This is a rule that has largely been ignored by even the most veteran of
Klingon speakers
