tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Jan 18 11:20:34 1995
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Re: "HolQeD" 3:4
- From: "William H. Martin" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: "HolQeD" 3:4
- Date: Wed, 18 Jan 95 14:20:30 EST
- In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>; from "Mark J. Reed" at Jan 18, 95 8:40 am
According to Mark J. Reed:
>
> [email protected] writes:
> \ > "I speak Klingon better than you."
> \ > {tlhIngan Hol jatlhmeH, jIH po' law', SoH po' puS}
...
> If the construction is really using the
> noun-noun possessive, then shouldn't it be {po'wIj} instead of {jIH po'}?
It IS NOT using the noun-noun possessive. Here {po'} is being
used as a verb, not a noun. There is no evidence that {po'} can
be used as a noun.
Hmmm. I see that I annotated my TKD with "also (n)" next to the
entry in the Klingon-English side, but nowhere else. No entry
in the addendum. In my printed, personal AKD, I have no noun
listing and I am not at the computer that has my most current
stuff in it. Could someone tell me if they have a citation for
the use of {po'} as a noun?
At any rate, in a law'/puS construction, it is DEFINITELY a
verb and not a noun.
> -marqoS
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