tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Jan 31 11:16:11 1996
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Re: -wI'
- From: Susan Farmer <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: -wI'
- Date: Wed, 31 Jan 1996 14:16:22 -0500
>>If you are trying to phrase something such as "the book which is
>>green," the Klingon phrase is simply
>>
>> paq SuD
>
>That works fine if you know the thing is a book. But what if you can't
>identify that smooth thing your targ has in his fangs? Do you call it
>a {HabwI'}, a {Doch Hab}, or a {Habbogh Doch}? *Can* you say {HabwI'}?
>That's the question.
>
>-- ghunchu'wI' batlh Suvchugh vaj batlh SovchoH vaj
>
>From my position of *complete* ignorance :-) if /Hab/ is a verb (which
it is) and /-wI'/ is a verb suffix (which it is), why *can't* you say
/HabwI'/??
confusedly,
tevram