tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Oct 23 19:37:49 2007
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Re: qechmey
ja' Jon:
> On another issue, how do you use {chang'eng}? Would "pair of shoes" be
> rendered "shoes' pair" and so {chang'eng waqmey}?
The phrase "shoes' pair" would be {waqmey chang'eng} in Klingon.
I'd interpret {chang'eng waqmey} as referring to "pair shoes" as
opposed to some other kind of shoes...which would make me wonder what
other kind of shoes there would be.
Since the correct usage isn't immediately obvious, my tactic would be
to dance around the problem. If I wanted to be clearly understood
while talking about a pair of shoes, I'd say something first to
establish that I was talking about shoes, and then refer to them
simply as a {chang'eng}.
-- ghunchu'wI'