tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Dec 17 22:29:02 1996
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Re: Dr Okrand Speaks -- ben
- From: Qov <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Dr Okrand Speaks -- ben
- Date: Tue, 17 Dec 1996 22:27:50 -0800
At 11:21 16/12/96 -0800, charghwI' wrote:
}At least we do get to see that {ben} is a word and not a number
}element. We say {wa'Hu'}, but we don't say *{wa'ben}*. We say
}{wa' ben}.
I think that <wa' Hu'> would, however, be acceptable. I had never noticed
anyone using ben, nem, Hu' or leS without numbers until a few days ago, when
I saw it in some (unposted) beginner Klingon. Now the rest of this
beginner's sentence was targ droppings, but is there any reason, beyond the
Klingon craving for accuracy, that she cannot say, <ben law' yIn qeylIS> or
<leS ghaytan paQDI'norgh vIlIjpu'>?
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