tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Apr 02 14:27:56 1998
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Re: KLBC: qech ngo'
- From: [email protected] (Ben Stevens)
- Subject: Re: KLBC: qech ngo'
- Date: Thu, 2 Apr 1998 17:35:33 -0500 (EST)
In some languages the "idea of a sphere" would be written two different
ways: the subjective one being "of" (the sphere is having an idea); and the
objective one being "about" (i.e. "the idea about a sphere" which doesn't
sound right in English).
>Interesting. So, does Klingon have something like an objective genitive - I
>don't know the correct English term, the Latin term would be "genitivus
>obiectivus" ?For example the Latin "amor parentum" could either mean "the
>parents' love" (genitivus subiectivus) or "the love to the parents" (genitivus
>obiectivus).
>Even the English "of"-phrase is ambiguous. At school we learnt that only people
>can have an "s"-genitive, things _always_ have the "of"-genitive. "the man's
>idea" - "the idea of a man" is clear, but "the idea of a sphere" is ambiguous.
>Some will say now "How can a sphere have an idea?" I didn't see any ambiguity,
>either, but Qov obviously does.
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