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Hello, and welcome. You’re listening to DaHjaj Hol, your daily dose of Klingon language. I’m your host, Lawrence Schoen.
Huh. Here it is, Prefix Day, and we’ve finished going through all the verb prefixes in Klingon. What should we do? The prefixes are very important, so… let’s spend the next several Sundays reviewing them along various groupings.
We’ll begin with looking at specific person and number combinations of subjects. Today let’s do all the prefixes that have a third person plural as the subject, which is to say, a subject of they.
When the prefix is mu- the object is first person singular, or me.
muvuvnIS
they need to respect me
When the prefix is nu- the object is first person plural, or us.
nuQoylaHbe’
they cannot hear us
When the prefix is nI- the object is second person singular, or you.
tugh nISIghchoH
soon they will begin influencing you
When the prefix is lI- the object is second person plural, or y’all or youse guys.
ghaytan lISeymoHta’
likely they excited all of you
When the prefix is lu- the object is third person singular, or him or her or it.
chaq vavlI’ luHoHbe’
perhaps they didn’t kill your father
There you go, five verb prefixes all with the same subject. Will you work through a dozen different sentences with each prefix, or will you hammer away at the same sentence varying only the prefix until the various objects immediately leap to mind? There’s no wrong way to practice, as long as you practice, because one way or another, you will make the language open worlds for you. qo’mey poSmoH Hol.
no object | me | us | you | you (pl) | him/her/it | them | |
I | jI- | qa- | Sa- | vI- | vI- | ||
we | ma- | pI- | re- | wI- | DI- | ||
you | bI- | cho- | ju- | Da- | Da- | ||
you (pl) | Su- | tu- | che- | bo- | bo- | ||
he/she/it | – | mu- | nu- | Du- | lI- | – | – |
they | – | mu- | nu- | nI- | lI- | lu- | – |
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Today’s podcast is brought to you by the 18th annual summer conference of the Klingon Language Institute (aka the qep’a’ wa’maH chorghDIch) which runs from Sunday morning on August 14th through late evening Tuesday, August 16th. The following day, Wednesday, August 17th, is the official beginning of the 69th annual World Science Fiction Convention, conveniently taking place right there in Reno, Nevada!
Back to the qep’a’: This year, we’ll be splitting the conference into two parts: Part One will be the usual blend of fellowship, curse warfare, singing, story-telling, and assorted language challenges as we’ve enjoyed for the past seventeen years, and will run from Sunday through Monday. We’ll begin in a meeting room at the Hyatt Place Reno-Tahoe Airport Hotel for Sunday and Monday, and on Tuesday morning we’ll move to larger function space over at Reno’s convention center (courtesy of Renovation, the 69th World Science Fiction Convention). Part Two will begin at noon on Tuesday, and consist of various introductory lessons and explanations intended for newbies, beginners, and visitors dressed in Federation pajamas (or other noncombatants). Klingon grammarians will be on hand to help newcomers (not to be confused with linguistic “fresh meat!”) learn the basics of Klingon and use it to chat, sing, play games, and insult one another. Full details can be found at http://www.speakklingon.info/ |
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