A Quick Reference to Subjects and Objects in Klingon.
| Klingon Word Order |
| Object - Verb - Subject |
The word order of a Klingon sentence is normally: OBJECT - VERB
- SUBJECT, i.e. the reversed order of English. However, unlike English, the
same pronouns are always used, not depending on whether used as subject or
object (i.e. there is no difference between I and me).
| Singular | Plural |
| jIH | I, me | maH | we, us |
| SoH | you | tlhIH | you |
| ghaH | he, she, him, her | chaH | they, them |
| 'oH | it | bIH | they, them |
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| The pronouns ghaH and chaH refers
only to beings capable of language, other beings are refered to
using 'oH and bIH. [TKD pp. 51-52] |
Klingon also has a set of verb prefixes to denote subject and object.
Pronouns are actually avoided as in everyday speech and only used to add
ephasis or avoid ambiguity. It is never incorrect to use a pronoun, but it
is rarely neccessary either.
| Subject |
No
object |
Singular object |
Plural object |
| me |
you |
it |
us |
you |
them |
| I/we |
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| you |
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| it/they |
|
mu |
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nu |
lI |
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| imp: you |
|
HI |
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tI |
gho |
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tI |
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| "" indicates that no prefix is used and an
empty square that pronouns and/or suffixes must be used. The pronoun "it"
denotes all third person singular including he/him and she/her. Where
prefixes appear in pair the one to the right indicates plural subject. [TKD
pp. 33-34] |