tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Oct 01 14:20:25 1998
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RE: Ha'DIbaHHom
- From: "Andeen, Eric" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: Ha'DIbaHHom
- Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1998 14:16:38 -0700
lab K'ryntes:
> Andeen, Eric wrote:
>
>> lab K'ryntes:
>>>
>>> chor vIghro'wij Daq ghewmey tu'lu'.
>>
>> Do'Ha'qa'.
>>
>> One correction: it should be <vIghro'wIj chorDaq>.
>
> ooooohhhh yes, that's one of the first things TKD says:
> possessor-possessed. oops
>
>> <tu'lu'> should also
>> properly be <lutu'lu'>, but omitting <lu->, especially on
>> <tu'lu'>, is quite common in less than perfectly formal
>> Klingon.
>
> I don't understand why lu- is used. Can you tell me where
> I can study that part? qatlho'
The suffix <-lu'> is described in TKD 4.2.5. One of the interesting
things it does is reverse the meaning of the prefix. Normally <lu->
means third person plural subject, third person singular object
(they-him/her/it). With <-lu'>, the (indefinite) subject is always
treated like it's third person singular, and in this case the object is
third person plural - <ghewmey>. Since the subject and object are
reversed in the prefix by <-lu'>, you need <lu->.
pagh
Beginners' Grammarian