[Tlhingan-hol] Use Klingon!

mayql qunenoS mihkoun at gmail.com
Fri Dec 11 09:02:30 PST 2015


De'vID SuStel je Savan !

jatlh De'vID :
De'vID said :

> Just curious, why do you seem to think that one says *{vIQaghlu'}
> rather than {jIQagh(pu')}? Is this a carry-over from Greek or
> something?

<I am mistaken> vIjatlhmeH,{vIQaghlu'} vIlo'..
In order to say <I am mistaken>, I used {vIQaghlu'}..

jatlh SuStel :
SuStel said :

> Probably because in English you say it in the passive voice: "I am mistaken."

bIlugh !
you are correct !

> but {-lu'} is not passive voice, a feature Klingon does not have.

Qu'vatlh ! DaH chomerqu'pu' !
Qu'vatlh ! now you surprised me !

> I think qun is making the same... um... mistake.

bIlughbej..
you are correct..

qunenoS HoD

On Fri, Dec 11, 2015 at 6:14 PM, SuStel <sustel at trimboli.name> wrote:
> On 12/11/2015 11:10 AM, SuStel wrote:
>>
>> Probably because in English you say it in the passive voice: "I am
>> mistaken."
>
>
> That is to say, "I am mistaken" isn't actually passive voice, but it sounds
> like it is.
>
>
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