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Re: }} charghwI' writes his first poem

• From: "William H. Martin" <[email protected]>
• Subject: Re: }} charghwI' writes his first poem
• Date: Thu, 17 Aug 1995 11:24:00 -0400 (EDT)

According to Marc Ruehlaender:
> 
> ... somewhat fascinated by the new
> possibilities with the use of V-bogh as a noun modifier.
> (I'm still somewhat pessimistic though: I'm not sure about
> -be' on attributive verbs, as for TKD, it doesn't allow it;
> and now, can we say tInbe'bogh Duj instead of *(?)Duj tInbe'?
> Are V-bogh modifiers allowed on nouns in comparatives?)
> 
> 				Marc 'Dochlangan'

While TKD does not really allow {-be'} on adjectival verbs, on
the audio tape Conversational Klingon, we have a canon example
in the number section:

wa'maH yIHmey lI'be'

I think this justifies the use of {Duj tInbe'}. I doubt anyone
would consider that controversial at this point.

charghwI'
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