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  Type: newsgroup posting
  Date: 2 February 1999
  Title: Re: ghew qab
  Author: Marc Okrand, Pam Felton, Neal "Qermaq" Schermerhorn
  Summary: On how to express "with" in Klingon.
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From: Marc Okrand <mokrand@erols.com>
Newsgroups: startrek.klingon
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1999 00:34:28 -0500
Subject: Re: ghew qab

Qermaq wrote...
>Pam Felton wrote...
>> Is there a way to say "with" in Klingon?  Such as, "He
>> went with them." Or does it have to be expressed like this
>> (jaH chaH.  jaH je ghaH.)?
>
> tlheD chaH. tlhej ghaH.

Qermaq's suggestion to use the verb <tlhej> "accompany" as
a way to get across the notion of "with" in the sentence
meaning "he went with them" is exactly right.

Its use is not restricted to the notion of going someplace
("accompany" in the sense of "go with").  It is fine to say
such things as:

    'Iw HIq vItlhutlh.  mutlhej ghaH.

"He/she drinks bloodwine with me," literally "I drink
bloodwine.  He/she accompanies me" (<'Iw HIq> "bloodwine,"
<vItlhutlh> "I drink it," <mutlhej> "he/she/they
accompanies/accompany me," <ghaH> "he, she").

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