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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 5/26/2021 7:47 AM, mayqel qunen'oS
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<div dir="auto">I know that this must be a ridiculous thing to
ask, at this point, after having written my brains out in
Klingon, but this thing since it came to my mind is killing me.
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<div dir="auto">Who the jay' is the subject and object in an
imperative???</div>
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<div dir="auto">I say to someone: </div>
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<div dir="auto">yIQong!</div>
<div dir="auto">sleep!</div>
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<div dir="auto">Who's the subject and who's the object?</div>
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<div dir="auto">I say to the judges:</div>
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<div dir="auto">yaS tIqIch!</div>
<div dir="auto">condemn the officers!</div>
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<div dir="auto">If the subject are the judges, and the object
the officers, then what am I? (i.e. the one who gives the
command).</div>
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<div dir="auto">It seems a ridiculous thing to ask, but it's
driving me crazy.</div>
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<p>Klingon imperatives only have an implied subject: <b>SoH</b> or
<b>tlhIH.</b> They are never stated and do not follow the verb.</p>
<p>The object of an imperative is exactly the same as the object of
an indicative. <b>yaS tIqIch:</b> the object is <b>yaS.</b> <b>yIQong:</b>
there is no object.</p>
<p>I don't know the grammatical term for the person who utters an
imperative.<br>
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