SuStel, Felix, and SapIr thank you for replying ; I understand now the grammar, as far as the statement "I am (...)" is concerned ; But I have one last question : Since one can say {mayqel jIH} and {jIH mayqel} for "I am michael", then in order to ask "who are you", one can say both {SoH 'Iv} and {'Iv SoH}, right ? QIn ghomvam bopbe' ghelmeH mu'tlheghvam, 'a jIghelnIS : {Humerus} QInwIj boHevpu' ? this is question isn't about this thread, but I need to ask : did you receive my Humerus post ? QInvetlh vIghItlhmeH, (ghe''or wa' qa'rI'vo') (ghe''or latlh qa'rI'Daq) vIve'nISta'. I went through hell in order to write it.. mayqel On Tue, Jun 21, 2016 at 9:40 PM, <kechpaja@comcast.net> wrote:
On Jun 21, 2016, at 13:54, mayqel qunenoS <mihkoun@gmail.com> 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".
I think your mistake is that you are translating "_ jIH" as "I am a _", when in fact it means simply "I am _". However, the word {'elaDya'ngan} can refer either to a specific Greek person ("the Greek") or to a randomly selected one ("a Greek").
You should think of the English article as being part of the translation of the Klingon noun, rather than the pronoun-as-verb.
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