tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu May 10 13:14:19 2012
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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] being capable of language suffix class - property of noun, or referent?
Some of the examples are good, but I don't agree with others.
For instance, I always say {latlhpu'} when talking about "the others",
when they're people.
Qov:
> I think wIvmey/wIvpu' for animate choices is akin to "It is my
choice" vs. "He is my choice."
I don't agree here, I see the word "choice" as an inanimate, not living
being. It is an act of a decision or choosing, it's not the thing being
chosen. I would say "He is my choice" like {wIvwIj ghaH}. You are
"referring" to that person, but the person is not "a choice". (If you
use the person as a chair, you would say {quSwIj ghaH})
For wa'DIch, it's something else. It's some kind of a title, like {SoS}
or {HoD}. {cha'DIchwI' ghaH} "He is my Chadich."
you don't think it's weird if someone referred to his {wIvpu'} if it
refers to a group of people?
This sounds wrong to me, it sounds like a bunch of decisions, which are
able to speak.
Just fooling around, I just tried other words:
"You are my phaser"
I would surely use {pu'wIj} here. A phaser is a thing. If I call you a
phaser, then I call you a thing.
BTW, I'm not talking about neologisms or technical things. Rules might
be different there, like some people say "mouses" or "foots".
I think all of this is just my sense of klingon language, I didn't find
any canon examples.
Lieven.
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