Re: Help!

----- Original Message -----
From: Barry Garcia <Barry_Garcia@...>
To: Multiple recipients of list CONLANG <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Sunday, September 12, 1999 7:15 AM
Subject: Help!


> I was working on the pronouns tonight (adding direct object pronouns) and
> as i was providing a sample sentence, i came across something I really
> didnt know how to handle. I did end up doing something, and here is the
> result:
>
>  He can watch you play. - El beral birar to dezar.
> (Lit: He_ is able_ to watch_ you_ to play)
>
> The problem was, i didn't know if i should conjugate 'play' or just leave
> it as an infinitve. In my mind i feel leaving it as the infinitive is
> right. I am having touble articulating this, so I am not sure if all this
> is clear or not.  But how would you all handle that short sentence?
I think you could leave that unconjugated or conjugate it as you see fit. If
conjugated, it could be something like "that you play" or "your playing."
One of the few Klingon phrases I have memorized, and a really useful one at
that, is <bIjatlh 'e' yImev> "stop speaking," which would literally means
"stop that you speak."