[Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: van bom

[mayql qunenoS]

ok, thank you SuStel !

On Fri, Mar 25, 2016 at 3:30 PM, SuStel <sustel at trimboli.name> wrote:
> On 3/25/2016 5:34 AM, mayql qunenoS wrote:
>
> No one ever discouraged {bIngwIj} until we learned to say {jIH bIng}
>
> what is this ? what does this refer to ?
>
>
> Klingon for the Galactic Traveler has this to say in the section on regional
> variations in grammar:
>
> Another interesting grammatical difference is found in the way prepositional
> concepts (“above,” “below,” and so on) are expressed in the speech typical
> of the Sakrej (Sa’Qej) region. In Klingon in general, such ideas are
> conveyed by using a special set of nouns (’em [“area behind”], bIng [“area
> below”], and others) that follow the nouns whose position they are
> indicating. Thus, “behind the door” is lojmIt ’em (literally, “door area
> behind”) and “below the table” is raS bIng (literally, “table area below”).
> A pronoun may be used instead of a noun: jIH ’em (“behind me”—literally, “I
> area behind”), chaH bIng (“below them”—literally, “they area below”). In the
> Sakrej region, however, possessive suffixes are used in place of the
> independent pronouns: ’emwIj (“behind me”—literally, “my area behind”),
> bIngchaj (“below them”—literally, “their area below”). Using the possessive
> suffix construction when speaking ta’ Hol will not lead to
> misunderstandings, but it will associate the speaker with the residents of
> Sakrej, which, depending on the political situation, may or may not be
> beneficial.
>
> Prior to the publication of this book, we all thought the normal way to say
> below them was bIngchaj their area below, and so forth—we all unknowningly
> spoke like Sa'Qejngan. This bit of grammar in KGT was something of a
> surprise to everyone.
>
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