DaHjaj Hol 110710 – objectless plural commands #tlhIngan #tlh

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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.

Today’s the day we finish off the prefix chart. I’ll have to come up with something else to talk with you about on Sundays starting next week, but let’s not get ahead of ourselves. Today’s prefix is pe- and is used when you’re issuing a directive to more than one person (i.e., second person plural), and the verb has no object. That’s P, E. pe-.

DaH peHegh
die now!

Sughungmo’ peSop
because you are hungry, eat!

HoD wIvuvmeH pe’eq
in order for us to respect the captain, be early!

Now that we’ve covered all the prefixes, will you spend time practicing them one at a time, sentence after sentence, or jumble them by the person and number of the subject, or by the object? Will you alternate practicing the standard prefixes with the imperative prefixes, or go through them in the same order you were introduced to them with? There’s no wrong way to review, as long as you put in the time working on them. qo’mey poSmoH Hol.

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