[tlhIngan Hol] Sao without the {'e'}

Lieven levinius at gmx.de
Wed Sep 27 02:32:22 PDT 2017


Am 27.09.2017 um 10:26 schrieb mayqel qunenoS:

 > {tlhIngan maH. taHjaj}
 > we are klingons. may it continue.
 >
 > And the way I understand the above sentence, it goes "may it continue.
 > what ? the fact that we are klingons".

Watch out! Do not mix this up, this is not a SAO. You cannot say 
*tlhIngan maH 'e' taHjaj*

The {taHjaj} here refers to the fact that we are klingons, so it's 
actually the subject.

{tlhIngan maH. taHjaj ngoDvam}
"we are klingons. may this fact continue."

(We recently had the same situation with {teH}.)

> {latlh be' vImuSHa. DaSov}
> I love another woman. You know it.
> 
> And be equally correct ? Do I necessarily need to place the {'e'} before 
> the {DaSov} ?

I'm sure that is these examples, it's okay to omit the {'e'} but I won't 
say that is always the case. It's like in English: "I'm hungry. You know 
it."

If you like a canon basis, check ST6:

Klingon: Daq SovlaHbe'taH qIrq.
Chang: 	 DaSovbej'a'?


-- 
Lieven L. Litaer
aka the "Klingon Teacher from Germany"
http://www.klingonisch.net
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