[Tlhingan-hol] KLBC: Holiday Card Challenge ANNOUNCEMENT

[Chelsea Knauf]

I translated part of my Christmas card:

{DISvam qaSpu’ Dochmey law’ .  DISvam juH qach wa’DIch vIje’.  jar cha’
‘oHtaHvIS, pa’ vIDabchoH.  (dog) vIje’ je.  wej ‘uSDu’ neH ghaj, ‘ach nom
qetlaH. (Tria) ‘oH pongDaj’e’.

DISvam SutIvjaj je. jISey, QISmas lopDaq SajatlhlaHmo’.}


On Sat, Dec 19, 2015 at 4:42 AM, De'vID <de.vid.jonpin at gmail.com> wrote:

> Karen Alessio:
> > It is ridiculously simple, because I am really new at this.
>
> Everyone starts somewhere. Those were perfectly good sentences
> grammatically, majQa'!
>
> Karen Alessio:
> > peQuch! ( you pl, Be happy/merry)
>
> 'arHa:
> > {peQuch} -> You've got this exactly right! Congratulations on finding
> the correct verb prefix!
>
> There's a subtle point here, which is way advanced for a beginner.
>
> From Klingon for the Galactic Traveller p.117:
> <Generally, when a verb describing a state of being (for example,
> {tuj} "be hot") is used in the imperative form, the suffixes {-'egh}
> (reflexive suffix) and {-moH} ("cause") are used as well:
> {yItuj'eghmoH!} ("Heat yourself!" -- that is, "Cause yourself to be
> hot!")>
>
> In Klingon, you can't just command someone to "be happy". Something
> has to be *done* to make that person happy.
>
> Also, I have a suggestion which isn't about grammar but about what
> message you want to convey to the recipient. Consider the suffix
> {-jaj} instead of the imperative prefix. (I'm not saying the
> imperative is wrong, just that whether to use it depends on what you
> want to convey. Again, this is probably going a bit beyond what
> beginners are expected to know.)
>
> --
> De'vID
>
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