2016-06-29 9:22 GMT+02:00 mayqel qunenoS <mihkoun@gmail.com>:

ghunchu'wI':

[snip]

I was trying to avoid using the SAO, because I feel it is the only
thing in klingon which is not direct.

Unlike in english, where we say : "we believe that..", in klingon one
must first make a statement, then take a coffee break, then say the
{'e'} - without the reader/listener - knowing that it will actually
come, and only then continue with the rest of the SAO.

On the contrary. I believe that this way of phrasing it is especially direct. Saying that you "believe" (or think, hope etc.) something first isn't direct either, it's a sort of metalinguistic device putting your proposition into context. I think it's very direct to first say the statement and then add how sure you are about it. And it goes well together with the general OVS word order.

Also, a lot of natural languages do it just like that: saying the statement/quotation and then adding "I say/think/hope" etc.

I think making 2 sentences out of 1 very short one might strike Klingons as wasting time or something...

But I usually don't think of Klingon philosophy when writing or saying something in the language. I don't believe that a language's structure reflects the philosophy of its speakers (like the old myths about German being very precise, Chinese being very philosophical, French being full of emotions, Russian or Arabic being harsh, etc.).

- André