'Iv

who?

Part of speech

question word

Pronunciation

ʔɪv

Sound out 'Iv letter by letter:

• 'ʔglottal stop, the catch in 'uh-oh'
• Iɪi as in 'bit'
• vvv as in 'vow'

• yaS legh 'Iv Who sees the officer? [TKD 6.4/p.69]
• 'Iv legh yaS Whom does the officer see? [TKD 6.4/p.69]
• Both 'Iv and nuq are treated as nouns as far as the pronominal prefixes are concerned. That is, they are considered third person. [TKD 6.4/p.69]
• SoH 'Iv? Who are you? [CK]

'Iv SoH or SoH 'Iv who are you? [CK]; acts as pronoun

'Iv works as a pronoun (i.e. it can act as either a noun or a verb meaning who is …?) -- this means it probably can't be used in noun-noun constructions. A phrase like Human 'Iv DaSov? would ungrammatical, as 'Iv would be interpreted as a verb, making the first part of the phrase mean who is the human? (not which human?). The whole phrase is better rephrased as Human DaSovbogh yIngu'!

• nuq — what?

TKD

Originally sourced from klingonska.org and enhanced by lingoXpress.