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El Payaso Malo
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jaS jIvang-ghopwIj luQIHlu'chugh qIvonlIj vIpuplaH


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« on: 12 01, 2009, 07:45: PM »

I've heard that the Klingon drinking song syntax (and/or grammar) is different than that of ordinary Klingon. What exactly would these differences be?

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I believe I may have found the information that I sought. Toasts, not songs, are different, and the subject comes before verb I think. Any additional imput is welcome.
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-'IwwIjDaq 'oH veS.
-ngoQ ghajnISbe' vIq. vIq ngoQ 'oH vIq. qatlh ngej rop'a' bIghelbe' 'ej qatlh meQ yotlh bIghelbe'. jISuvDI' meqwIj vIQIj 'e' DaghelQo'.
-qul ngaDHa' 'oH QeHwIj 'ej vaHbo' pubbogh 'Iw 'oH QeHwIj. choHIvmo' qaSuvbe'. bIyIntaHmo' qaSuv.
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« Reply #1 on: 12 07, 2009, 09:59: PM »

The simplest way to explain the variant grammar of a ritual toast is this: the verb suffix -jaj is the final syllable in the phrase. Doing so requires that the verb follows the subject (if a subject is present) instead of the other way around.
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« Reply #2 on: 12 10, 2009, 04:03: PM »

So batlh vavlI' Heghjaj would be a properly composed toast?
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-'IwwIjDaq 'oH veS.
-ngoQ ghajnISbe' vIq. vIq ngoQ 'oH vIq. qatlh ngej rop'a' bIghelbe' 'ej qatlh meQ yotlh bIghelbe'. jISuvDI' meqwIj vIQIj 'e' DaghelQo'.
-qul ngaDHa' 'oH QeHwIj 'ej vaHbo' pubbogh 'Iw 'oH QeHwIj. choHIvmo' qaSuvbe'. bIyIntaHmo' qaSuv.
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