On 6/21/2016 1:54 PM, mayqel qunenoS wrote:
There's no problem in saying {mayqel jIH} "I am Michael" Next, {SoH 'Iv} equals to {'Iv SoH}, both words can act as the verb. ok, I came back..
if I write {'elaDya'ngan jIH}, this can only mean "I am (a) greek", right ? So, how come if I write {mayqel jIH}, this can mean "I am michael' ? even if we take into account, that klingon does not have "a/the", then again the meaning can only mean "I am a michael".
A Klingon to-be sentence expresses the idea /X = Y./ *'elaDya'ngan jIH* /me = Greek;/ *mayqel jIH*/me = Michael./ There is no /a,/ /an,/ or /the/ in Klingon.
as I understand , the subject is defined as "one who is, or one who does" ; and since we use OVS, then how can we place the "one who is, or one who does", before the verb ?
A Klingon to-be sentence is not of the form object-verb-subject. You should more or less ignore the ideas of subject and object with regard to to-be sentences. -- SuStel http://trimboli.name