tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Apr 03 21:37:44 1994
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Re: Probably a stupid question...
- From: Mark Reed <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Probably a stupid question...
- Date: Mon, 4 Apr 1994 09:35:30 -0400 (EDT)
- In-Reply-To: <[email protected]> from "Carl Sadler" at Apr 3, 94 03:09:19 pm
\Well, we all know that one would use a noun-prounoun construction to
\form sentences that would require the verb 'to be' in English. But how
\would you negate such a sentence? For example, if you wanted to say 'I
\am not a Klingon' would you say:
\
\ a) tlhInganbe' jIH or
\ b) tlhIngan jIHbe'
\
In these constructions, the pronoun is acting as a verb, and any verb suffixes
may be applied as necessary to the pronoun. In general, suffixes may not be
attached to a word that is not of the correct type; you may not put a verb
suffix on a noun, or vice-versa. A noun with -be' , in particular, appears to
be a compound using the nound be' (woman), so that "tlhInganbe' jIH" could
be constured to mean "I am a Klingon woman".
-marqoS