tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon May 20 11:33:27 1996
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Re: KLBC
At 03:51 AM 5/18/96 -0700, you wrote:
>>>> 2. My eyebrows are smaller than those of a Klingon's
>>>> -> Huy'meywI' mach law' tlhIngan mach puS
>
>>> "My poetic-referenced-eyebrows are smaller than a Klingon."
>>> (I should hope so!) Eyebrows count as body parts, so they take the
>>> special plural suffix {-Du'} unless you want intentionally to break
>>> that particular grammatical rule for poetic effect. You also ought
>>> to refer to {tlhIngan Huy'Du'} in the second part of the phrase,
>>> since you're not comparing your eyebrows to a whole Klingon.
>
>> Actually, it says "My poetic-referenced, scattered-all-about eyebrows which
>> are capable of using language are smaller than a Klingon."
>
>That's going a little too far, isn't it? It should just be "My scattered
>eyebrows are smaller than a Klingon." The -mey suffix has none to do with
>being able to use language.
Yes, doesn't the noun suffix {-pu'} work as a quantifier, of language using
beings. Or does it just mean that if you can talk and there's more than one
of you you stick {-pu'} on and there you are.
Qapla'
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