tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Jun 23 09:40:20 1995
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Re: More on "Which?"
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- Subject: Re: More on "Which?"
- Date: Fri, 23 Jun 1995 12:39:49 -0400
In a message dated 95-06-23 12:31:19 EDT, charghwI' writes:
>> As in, "what targ of the targs".
>
>Both Holtej and peHruS have rendered {nuq targh} as "what
>targ". The problem is that in Klingon, the only justification
>we have at this time for placing one noun next to another is a
>possessive construction. It is not "what targ". It is "what's
>targ".
There's evidence that N-N is not limited to possession. Of course, there's
no clear idea how we can use it consistently beyond possession, since Okrand
never discusses it.
On the other hand, I was in error in not catching /nuq targh/. Like I said,
I'd not been following the discussion very closely. I was focussing on the
partitive and clipping part, and failed to see the simple mistake.
DopDaq qul yIchenmoH QobDI' ghu'.
--Holtej