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2. Buying Chocolate
jatlh tera'ngan: Qapla'! |
The Earthling says, "Hello!" |
jatlh tlhIngan: nuqneH! nuq Daje'
DaneH, tera'ngan? |
The Klingon says, "Hello! What do you want
to buy, Earthling?" |
jatlh tera'ngan: yuch vIje' vIneHbej. |
The Earthling says, "I definitely want to buy
chocolate." |
jatlh tlhIngan: yuch vIghaj. HItlhej! |
The merchant says, "I have chocolate. Come
with me! |
tlhIngan tlhej tera'ngan. yuch legh. yuch
wIv. |
The Earthling accompanies the Klingon. She
see chocolate. She selects [some] chocolate. |
jatlh tera'ngan: DaH yuch yIqat! |
The Earthling says, "Wrap the chocolate
now!" |
jatlh tlhIngan: DaH yuch yIDIl! |
The Klingon says, "Pay for the chocolate
now!" |
yuch DIl tera'ngan. yuch qat tlhIngan. |
The Earthling pays for the chocolate. The
Klingon wraps up the chocolate. |
jatlh tera'ngan: Qapla'! |
The Earthling says, "Good-bye!" |
jatlh tlhIngan: Qapla'! |
The Klingon says, "Good-bye!" |
The emphasis in this lesson is having the first Klingon sentence be the object of the second Klingon sentence while the verb of the second sentence is neH wants.
Notes: Many English sentences are actual two (or more) sentences in Klingon. Whenever the verb of the second sentence is neH wants, the two sentences appear to run
together. Examples: yuch vIje'vIneH is two sentences; the first sentence is yuch vIje; I buy chocolate; the second sentence is vIneH
I want [the first sentence]. Notice that if the subject is tera'ngan Earthling or tlhIngan Klingon, you
must repeat the subject after neH wants. Example: yuch je' tera'ngan neHbej tera'ngan The Earthling definitely wants to buy
chocolate.
Vocabulary:
je' |
buys, purchases (verb) |
legh |
sees (verb) |
qat |
wraps, envelopes, encases (verb) |
wIv |
chooses, selects (verb) |
yuch |
chocolate (noun) |
Drill: yuch vIje' vIneH. yuch Daje' DaneH. yuch je' tera'ngan neH tera'ngan. yuch vIqat vIneH. yuch Daqat DaneH. yuch qat tlhIngan neH tlhIngan. pa'vIdIl DaneH. pa'DaDIl neH tera'ngan. pa'DIl tera'ngan
neH tlhIngan. pa'DIl tlhIngan vIneHbej. nuq wIv tera'ngan neH tlhIngan? pa'ghaj tera'ngan neH tera'ngan. nuq Dalegh DaneH?
Translate into Klingon, using only grammer and vocabulary introduced so far: I want to accompany a Klingon. You want to accompany a Klingon. The Earthling wants to accompany a Klingon. I want the
Earthling to pay for the room. I want the Klingon to pay for the chocolate. You want the Earthling to see the chocolate. You want the Klingon to wrap the chocolate. Pay for the chocolate now! Pay for the room now! Choose some chocolate! Choose me!
See me! Accompany me now! I want you to have a chocolate. You want the Klingon to have a room.
nuqje'tera'ngan? nuq legh tera'ngan? nuq wIv tera'ngan? nuq qat tlhIngan?
Role play: Have one student play the part of a seller and another a buyer.
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