tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Dec 23 15:30:12 1996
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RE: lommey (story, part 9)
- From: "David Trimboli" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: lommey (story, part 9)
- Date: Mon, 23 Dec 96 22:10:13 UT
December 23, 1996 5:07 AM, jatlh peHruS:
> << > SuStel, reH maQochbe'laH. tlhIngan tighmey DIHaDnIStaH. >>
>
> Although you got {lommey} right, as opposed to the incorrect {lomDu'},
> because the corpse is no longer a sentient being,
Um . . . {-Du'} is the body parts plural. Why would anyone want to say
{lomDu'}?
> I question the use of
> {tIghmey}. Shouldn't that be an inherent plural? Therefore, I suggest
> {tIgh} as sufficient.
We have no way of knowing this that I can recall. The only two instances of
the word in use that I know are in the title of TKW: {tlhIngan tIgh}, and on
KCD, in the game where Gowron says "You do not see the {tIgh} which shapes our
every act" (or something like that). The first could simply be a case of not
using the optional plural suffix, and the second one is just an actor putting
a Klingon word in an English sentence. The grammars are not at all
compatible, and I am not prepared to make assumptions on plurality of Klingon
words from it. Therefore, I see no way to support your conclusion.
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SuStel
Beginners' Grammarian
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