> Intro - Time vs Weather

> Intro – The Time

While nam-tor is the verb “to be” it can be omitted due to grammar rules, but for things of a more temporary nature there is a verb KAH that also means to be, but for temporary things. Kah is the verb, kya is the noun, this is a backformation of the word KAIIDTH meaning “what is, is.” Kya is used in the next example for time, but is also used by vulcan masters for time, weather, religion, and emotion.

[Some vulcan dialects only have one form of to-be, and use a different word, which will be reviewed in a cultural section later, and more so in the Vulcan Level 2 book.]

(question)
Kya igen-va ra? = How is the weather?
Nam-tor igen-va ra? = How is the weather?
Igen-va nam ra? = The weather existence how?

(answer)
Igen-va romik = The weather is good.
Rom igen-va = Good is the weather.
Nash-gad rom = Today is good.
Nam-tor ug’yelik = It is very sunny.
Nam-tor yelik = It is starlight.
Ka’ug’yelik = It is sunny.
Sov-mashau = It is raining / it rains.
Wan’es = cloudy
Nam-tor wan = there are clouds.
Samek = cold
Fal = hot.
Izh / izhau = snow / snowing
Nam-tor izhaya = it is a snow