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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 11/27/2018 8:11 AM, mayqel qunenoS
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<div dir="auto">Can someone explain the difference between {nIteb
jIH} and {jImob} ?
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<div dir="auto">I *feel* there is a difference, but I can't seem
to be able to wrap my mind around to what this difference
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<p>Ignoring the verb <b>jIH</b><i> monitor,</i> I'm not convinced
that <b>nIteb jIH</b> is a valid sentence. <b>jIH</b> is a
pronoun, not a verb. It has certain verb-like qualities when it's
being linked to a noun, but that doesn't make it a verb, and
that's not happening here anyway. There is no noun in this <b>mu'tlheghqoq.</b><br>
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<p>People read the "to be" section of TKD and get the impression
that pronouns act as verbs meaning "to be." This is incorrect.
Klingon doesn't have any verb "to be." All you're doing when you
say <b>tlhIngan jIH</b> is telling your listener that a
particular pronoun will be used to refer to a particular noun: <i>Me
Klingon.</i> What TKD is telling us about "to be" is that what
English uses to express "to be" (a dedicated verb) is handled by
pronouns in Klingon.</p>
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