Like so much of Klingon grammar, Okrand’s examples were short single sentence, not connected text, so we don’t really know.  I would mark the first sentence/clause with {net jalchugh} as sort of an “irrealis stamp” to set the scene for the entire sentence/paragraph/story, etc.– like a time stamp or place stamp.  E.g.

 

   I am a giant {net jalchugh}:  Because I live in a castle above the clouds, I am happy. Etc.

 

I’m sure the others will have their own suggestions.

 

--Voragh

 

From: mayqel qunenoS

There is a problem I've been having, which I don't know how to overcome.

If I want to write a story in english, a story written in irrealis (if that's how we say it), then I can write:

 

     "If I was a giant, and I was living in a castle above the clouds, I would be happy.
      
And if my kingdom had many soft and furry cats.."

 

In Klingon, in order to write something as the above, we have the {net jalchugh}.

However, (and here is my problem), if I want to write an entire story in irrealis, then what do I do ?
Do I place the {net jalchugh} after each and every sentence ?

In the above example would I need to write {I am a giant net jalchugh, and I live in a castle above the clouds net jalchugh, I am happy net jalchugh..} ?

Wouldn't this make the reader "tired", reading the {net jalchugh} after each and every sentence ?

Is there any other way of approaching this ?

 

~ nI'ghma