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

[SuStel]

On 2/14/2016 10:46 AM, mayql qunenoS wrote:

> be', bI'Ippu' 'e' vIqawchu' 'ej jIHvaD paSlogh DanIq 'e' Dalay'pu'.
> Woman, I remember clearly that you swore and promised that you would
> knit socks for me.

Careful! Type 7 suffixes are not allowed on the second verb of a 
sentence-as-object construction. When the second verb seems to need 
aspect, just drop the suffix.

(This is yet another rule that Okrand has broken on occasion. Some 
people have trouble believing that he forgets the exceptions sometimes.)

> mejpa' SuvwI'pu' 'ej che'ronDaq jaH, Qo'noSDaq tlhIngan wo' Degh lunIq
> be'pu' 'ej HIpmeychajDaq lulan.
> Before the warriors left and went to the battlefield, at Qo'noS the
> women would weave the thlIngan emblem and place it on their uniforms.

{jaH} also needs a {-pa'} on it, since that is also something that 
happens after the main sentence. {mejpa' SuvwI'pu' 'ej che'ronDaq 
jaHpa'} "before the warriors leave and before they go to the battlefield"

Also note that the object of {jaH} can be the destination. {che'ron 
jaHpa'} "before they go to the battlefield" is also acceptable. 
Including {-Daq} is redundant, but not wrong, though it can also be 
interpreted as "before they go (while they're at the battlefield)" as if 
the "go"ing happens at the battlefield.

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SuStel
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