[Tlhingan-hol] Conversational klingon and the use of {nuq}

[mayqel qunenoS]

jIH:
> {HISlaH} vImuSHa', 'elaDya' mawmeH mu' rurqu'mo'..

the correct sentence is :

{HISlaH} vImuSqu', 'elaDya' mawmeH mu' rurqu'mo'..

On Tue, May 31, 2016 at 1:21 AM, Robyn Stewart <robyn at flyingstart.ca> wrote:
>> Am 30.05.2016 um 12:27 schrieb mayqel qunenoS:
>> > the longer a klingon sentence is, the happier I get !
>
> The longer a Klingon sentence gets the more convoluted it becomes. There is
> not a prize for a long Klingon sentence. If you're sentences are too long to
> easily follow, you are either trying to show off instead of communicate, or
> you are copying the style of a language that uses longer sentences.  Think
> Klingon. Write Klingon.  ESPECIALLY don't extend Klingon sentences by saying
> things in a longer way when there is a shorter way to say it.
>
> Lieven:
>> That sounds like those people who prefer {HISlaH} over {HIja'} simply
>> because they enjoy knowing another word (since HIja' can also mean "tell
>> me").
>
> That's two reasons:
> 1. because they enjoy knowing another word--I won't fault anyone for
> enjoying knowing another word.
> 2. because they want to avoid confusion with "tell me"
>
> They both seem like good reasons.
>
> nuv wa'> mIwwIj vIpegh DaneH'a'?
> nuv cha'> HIja'
>
> DaH ja''a' nuv wa' pagh pegh'a'?
>
> - Qov
>
>
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