On 17 August 2017 at 16:08, SuStel <sustel@trimboli.name> wrote:
There are also examples from Star Trek III:
matHa' DoS jonta' neH Gunner: target engine only.
Ignore the subtitle. I would punctuate this as follows: matHa', DoS: jonta' neH. Gunner [comma for direct address] the target [colon for a following explanation] engine only.
jabbI'ID pItlh Transmission completed.
Again, ignore the subtitle. I would punctuate this as jabbI'ID: pItlh Data transmission [colon for a following description] finished.
The Klingon in Star Trek III is also a warning to us not to rely on formal grammar when in tense situations.
Other examples from Star Trek III: {He chu' ghoS: DIvI' neHmaH} "New course: Federation neutral zone." {baHwI', DoS yIbuS: QuQ neH. yaj'a'?} "Gunner, target engine only. Understood?" It might be that Kruge and Valkris come from a region of the Empire where speaking like this is common. -- De'vID