tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Dec 14 07:00:00 1995
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Re: Translation request (clich'e)
>Date: Wed, 13 Dec 1995 21:17:45 -0800
>From: [email protected]
>I have long felt that plurality could be indicated by means other than Type 2
>Noun Suffixes. I strongly agree that the Verb Prefix {lu-} implies plurality
>of the Subject which is not conjoined to a Type 2 Noun Suffix.
I'm glad you think so. Someone wrote a book about Klingon about ten years
ago who thought the same as you. :) TKD, Section 3.3.2, pp. 21-22:
"In Klingon, a noun without a plural suffix may still refer to more than
one entity. The plurality is indicated by a pronoun, whether a verb
prefix... or a full word... or by context. For example... Compare:
yaS vImojpu' I became an officer.
yaS DImojpu' We became officers.
yaS jIH I am an officer.
yaS maH We are officers."
~mark