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

[mayql qunenoS]

tlhIngan Hol DajatlhlaH DaneHchugh, vaj mojaq DaghojnIS.
if you want to be able to speak klingon, then you need to learn the suffixes.

tlhIngan Hol lujatlhlaHmeH cha' ghojwI'vetlh, reH mojaq HaD.
these two students in order to be able to speak klingon, always
studied the suffixes.

mu'tlhegh Daj DaghItlhlaH DaneHchugh, vaj reH mojaq DaHaDqang net poQ.
if you want to be able to write interesting sentences, then you must
always be willing to study the suffixes.

reH tlhIngan Hol mojaq maghbeH janvetlh nov.
that alien machine is always ready to reveal the klingon suffixes.

mojaq'e' lutuchbogh DaghItlhvIp 'e' wIHar.
we believe you are afraid to write the prefix which they forbid.

mojaq muj Dalo'pu'mo' novvetlh Damawpu' 'ej DaH tagh noH.
because you used the wrong suffix you offended those aliens and now
war will start.

mojaq muj lo'pu' 'e' tlhojDI' ghaH, SIbI' tor ghaH 'ej pung tlhobtaH.
when he realized that he used the wrong suffix, immediately he knelt
and was asking for mercy.

mayqel mIv Hurgh qunnoq
QIbDaq HoS'a' tu'lu'.ramDaq HoS'a' tu'lu'.


On Thu, Mar 17, 2016 at 4:20 PM, Steven Boozer <sboozer at uchicago.edu> wrote:
>> Klingon Word of the Day for Thursday, March 17, 2016
>>
>> Klingon word: mojaq
>> Part of speech: noun
>> Definition: suffix
>> Source: TKD:K-E
>
> Note the synonym {mojaQ} with a /Q/ in the glossary (TKD:E-K).  Is this merely a typo; if so, which is correct?  AFAIK Okrand has never explained the difference nor has he used either in a sentence.  Interestingly, there are two types of suffixes (for verbs and for nouns), but only one type of prefix (for verbs).  I'm just saying. <g>
>
> Cf. also {moHaq} "prefix".
>
> MISCELLANEOUS NOTES ON AFFIXES:
>
> msn.onstage.startrek.expert.okrand (9/1997):  Though plural suffixes are not obligatory on nouns ({SuvwI'} can mean either "warrior" or "warriors"), Klingons are fussy about the verb prefixes.
>
> KGT 172:  Klingon grammarians refer to the rule that governs the use of pronominal prefixes as the rule of {rom} (literally, "accord"). Grammarians of Federation Standard and many Earth languages call the phenomenon agreement. Thus, in the case of Klingon, the prefix used must "agree" with the noun to which it refers; if the object noun is plural, for example, the prefix must be one that is used with plural objects. Agreeing is not a trait typically associated with Klingon nature, however, and apparently, at least under certain circumstances, this may extend to grammar as well.
>
> (Okrand to charghwI' (HQ 7.4):  The other tricky thing is some people say you can put any prefix on any verb. I suppose that you can, but just because you can doesn't mean that you should.
>
> ALPHABETICAL MNEMONIC:
>
> The /H/ in {moHaq} (prefix) comes before (i.e. precedes!) the /j/ in {mojaq} (suffix).
>
>
> --
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