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Re: wa'leS as noun

De'vID jonwI' ([email protected])

• From: "De'vID jonwI'" <[email protected]>
• Subject: Re: wa'leS as noun
• Date: Mon, 05 Apr 2004 10:24:16 -0400
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QeS lagh:
>>I think you can; the KLI website uses {ben qep'a'} to say "past
>>{qep'a'mey}". Time stamp nouns may behave oddly, but they are true nouns,
>>with everything that implies. We have no supporting canon that I'm aware 
>>of,
>>but have a look at the address:
>>
>>/stuff/benqepa.html

SuStel:
>We do have canon:
>
>cha'vatlh ben HIq vItlhutlh.
>I will drink two-century-old ale. (Conversational Klingon)
>
>According to pojwI' (I haven't got my books with me), /ben/ is defined as
>"years ago (n)" on TKD pp. 80, 161 and "years old (n)" on KGT pp. 211, 264.

Can this word begin a noun-noun construction, or does it have to be
preceded by a number?  In other words, is <ben qep'a'> a stretch of
the grammar, or is it grounded in a rule or canon example?  Is <ben>
a time stamp in and of itself, or is it only so when it refers to a
specific number of years ago?

--
De'vID

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