tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Apr 18 08:42:30 2003
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Re: KLBC appositionals
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> Maybe the question is "How does one make an apposition in klingon?"
> "we, the people, ..." in Klingon might be {maH tlhInganpu'}
> Does that work?
It would be enlightening to hear how other languages that commonly elide
pronouns handle this sort of thing.
I am against the notion that a noun can stand in the place of a first- or
second-person pronoun and be considered to be in apposition, or in some
similar role. It doesn't seem right at all.
Apposition certainly happens in Klingon. I don't think it happens with
words that aren't there.
SuStel
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