[Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: jaw

[Felix Malmenbeck]

The classic formula is something like: mujang, jatlh, jIH HInob.
http://klingonska.org/canon/search/?file=1998-12-holqed-07-4.txt&get=source

However, both tlhob and jang are actually used this way in Power Klingon.


HM: <They ask him: "Can we get to the Great Hall from here?">
MO: {lutlhob; "naDevvo' vaS'a'Daq majaHlaH'a'?"}

HM: <The guard answers: "If the bugs do not bite you.">
MO: {jang 'avwI'; "lIchopbe'chugh ghewmey."}

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From: Noah Bogart [nbtheduke at gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2011 15:52
To: tlhingan-hol at stodi.digitalkingdom.org
Subject: Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: jaw

> Note that "verbs of speech" doesn't mean it can be used with the special sentence-as-object construction for direct quotation. Only {ja'} and {jatlh} can do that, so far as we know. Okrand listed these once somewhere.

What do you mean?

He said, "Give it to me." = jIH HInob mujatlh
He said, "Give it to me." = #jIH HInob mujang#

Like that?

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