[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: jeS

SuStel sustel at trimboli.name
Wed Jul 20 08:43:44 PDT 2016


On 7/20/2016 11:40 AM, André Müller wrote:
> 2016-07-20 17:31 GMT+02:00 Steven Boozer <sboozer at uchicago.edu 
> <mailto:sboozer at uchicago.edu>>:
>
>     *  jagh yIjeymeH ‘ej nIteb yISuvrup*!
>
>     *HIq yISammeH!  tach yI'el*!
>
>
> I wouldn't judge these as grammatically well-formed Klingon sentences. 
> It feels like trying to use 2 aspects for the same verb. You'd have to 
> decide, either imperative, or a purposive subclause. Both doesn't work.

I think that's what he meant to do, but forgot to remove the *-meH* from 
each. For the sentences to make sense, you'd also have to reverse the 
order of the clauses:

    *nIteb yISuv 'ej jagh yIjey*

    *tach yI'el 'ej HIq yISam*

-- 
SuStel
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