tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Aug 21 06:42:53 1997
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Re: New suffix in KGT
- From: Marian Schwartz <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: New suffix in KGT
- Date: 21 Aug 97 09:41:21 EDT
ghItlh SuStel
>This is the only sort of thing that worries me about the new book. Now that
>we have slang ways to say things which needed to be recast before, people are
>going to start relying on these slang terms, and never learn "proper" Klingon.
> We must start learning *when* to use the special rules presented in KGT.
>
>Fact 1: You can use {vay'} as the subject of the sentence, and Okrand himself
>says this, with the sentence {jagh jonlaH vay'}. He says this sort of
>phrasing is "not uncommon."
>
>Fact 2: The made-up suffixes {-luH} and {-la'} are only used "on rare
>occasion."
>
>Fact 3: "No one accepts such constructions as grammatical."<
Pretty much all he says about the {-lu}{'-laH} problem is "well, tough."
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