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Phrase.
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03 30, 2008, 03:23: PM »
qalegh,
toQDuj chaghmoHpu' SuSjev chalDaq
Is this correct Klingon? It should mean something like: The wind dropped a Bird of Prey from the sky.
yitaH 'ej yiQap!
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Re: Phrase.
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03 30, 2008, 08:02: PM »
The
SuSjev
's sky-place has caused a Bird of Prey to drop [something].
Not quite what you were going for, but close.
I believe
chagh
drop
means to cause something to fall, so the suffix
-moH
cause
is superfluous. Alternatively, you could substitute the verb
pum
fall
and get the meaning you intend.
The suffix
-pu'
indicates perfective aspect, not past tense. It's a difficult concept for some people to get at first. Past tense is often used to translate it, but unless you really want to express the "completed" idea, it doesn't really belong in the Klingon.
SuS
is
wind
. I don't know why you tried to attach the verb
jev
storm
to it.
The noun
chal
sky
is neither the subject nor the object of the sentence, so it needs to come at the beginning of the sentence, before the object.
The locative suffix
-Daq
indicates where an action takes place or is directed towards. To talk about where something is coming
from
one uses the suffix
-vo'
.
chalvo' toQDuj chagh SuS
The wind dropped a Bird of Prey from the sky.
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