Am 03.11.2016 um 15:34 schrieb mayqel qunenoS:
I remember having discussed here, that klingon doesn't possess the grammar to say "if klingon possessed an irrealis suffix, then I wouldn't be writing this post".
I wanted to wait until after the qepHom, but as you mentioned this topic, here is what Maltz has revealed to us just now: ------begin------ For a statement that's counterfactual (or "irrealis"), a phrase with the verb jal ("imagine, envision") is used: ... net jalchugh ("if one imagines that…", "if it is imagined that…"). For example: tlhIngan SoH net jalchugh, qagh DatIv This is "If you were a Klingon, you would enjoy gagh" or, literally, "If one imagines that you are a Klingon, you would enjoy gagh." The implication is that you are not a Klingon. Compare: qaghwIj DaSopchugh, qaHoH "If you eat my gagh, I'll kill you." qaghwIj DaSop net jalchugh, qaHoH "If you were eating my gagh, I would kill you" (literally: "If one imagines that you are eating my gagh…"). -------end------- -- Lieven L. Litaer aka Quvar valer 'utlh Grammarian of the KLI http://www.facebook.com/Klingonteacher http://www.klingonwiki.net