[tlhIngan Hol] {net jalchugh} and the various "then"
SuStel
sustel at trimboli.name
Tue Apr 30 13:16:42 PDT 2019
On 4/30/2019 4:12 PM, SuStel wrote:
> There is no grammatical subjunctive mood in Klingon.
I say that, but actually there is: *-jaj* forms a subjunctive
mood.*bInajtaHvIS qeylIS Daghomjaj*/May you encounter Kahless in your
dreams./ The encounter is strictly a wish, not something that actually
happens, so it is an irrealis, and since this is indicated
morphologically, it's pretty much a subjunctive mood.
There are also arguments to be made that certain other suffixes, like
*-nIS*, also form subjunctive moods.
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SuStel
http://trimboli.name
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