tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Apr 09 10:46:15 2004
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Re: joj usage...
From: "Steven Boozer" <[email protected]>
> >[I suspect it was originally an error that subsequently got
"officialized",
> >but the result enhances Klingon's flavor as a simulation of a living
> >but the opposed to a strictly logical one.]
>
> Sorry, even logically your analysis fails. Pronouns, by definition,
> replace nouns; therefore, if you can say:
>
> 'avwI'pu' jojDaq Qam qama'
> the prisoner stands between the guards
>
> then you can replace the noun {SuvwI'pu'} with the pronoun {chaH}:
>
> chaH jojDaq Qam qama'
> the prisoner stands between them
>
> ... except, of course, in the Sakrej region!
Er . . . by that logic you don't need the possessive suffixes at all. If
it's "my batleth," why not use /jIH betleH/? Because you don't, that's why.
I think it's as simple as Okrand saying that spatial nouns don't take
possessive suffixes (unless you actually possess a spatial region). There's
no logic in TKD that can make this distinction for you.
SuStel
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