tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Nov 02 00:42:50 1995
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Re: Morphology
In a message dated 95-10-30 09:01:14 EST, you write:
>I'm curious,
> Do you (or others) pronounce Qapla' as Qa-pla' or Qap-la' (where
>the first runs the p and l together)? How about puqloD, puq-loD
>(clearly the correct pronunciation) or pu-qloD (maybe only common
>here in the boondocks...)?
> batlh Qapla' je,
Answer: I pronounce all Klingon syllables distinctly. Their syllabic
identity does not change (morph) when joined to other syllables. The only
exception I make is when I pronounce words adding the term of endearment
{-oy}, without its initial glottal stop.
So, I pronounce {Qapla'} as {Qap}+{la'} and {puq 'oy' } as {puq}+{'oy}. And,
I pronounce {puq} as {puq} until I add the endearment suffix. Then, I
pronounce it as {pu}+{qoy}.
This is, by the way, the definition of morphology.
peHruS