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Re: KLBC: Introductions

• From: [email protected] (Alan Anderson)
• Subject: Re: KLBC: Introductions
• Date: Thu, 27 Jun 1996 18:05:22 -0500

Ben Warren writes:
>You often hear ST Klingons introduce themselves as "_____, son of _____"
>(example:"Worf, son of Mough"). How would you say this in tlhIngan-Hol?

The rare examples we have of apposition (putting a name next to a
description) place the name after the identifying phrase.  By that
pattern, I'd say "Mogh's son Worf": {mogh puqloD wo'rIv}.

-- ghunchu'wI'               batlh Suvchugh vaj batlh SovchoH vaj

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