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From: "Marc Okrand" <MarcOkrand@msn.com>
Newsgroups: msn.onstage.startrek.expert.okrand
Date: [9/04/97?]
Marc Okrand <MarcOkrand@msn.com> wrote in article
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> SuStel charghwI' je -- muquvmoH QInmey DalI'pu'bogh tlhIH.
To all those too polite to say anything...
The Klingon sentence I wrote to SuStel and charghwI' [be sure to pronounce his name correctly!] contains a grammatical error. It's not a weird dialectal variation; it has nothing to do with social status; it's not a form of secret or disguised speech. It's just plain wrong. The verb should be <bolI'pu'bogh>, using the prefix <bo-> "you (plural) [do something to] it/them," not <Da-> "you (singular) [do something to] it/them." Though plural suffixes are not obligatory on nouns (<SuvwI'> can mean either "warrior" or "warriors"), Klingons are fussy about the verb prefixes. Sorry for any confusion this may have caused. Clearly, Maltz never saw my posting.
- Marc