tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Aug 07 08:45:14 1997

Back to archive top level

To this year's listing

• Index by Date
• Index by Thread
• Index by Author

Re: KLBC: curses with plural

• From: "David Trimboli" <[email protected]>
• Subject: Re: KLBC: curses with plural
• Date: Thu, 7 Aug 97 15:13:07 UT

On Stardate 97599.1 muHwI' wrote:

> In many languages you can use epithets with plural:
> "You F....ers!" 
> "Ihr Arschloecher!" "Ihr Schweine!"
> "Allemaal Uilskuikens!"
> "Vous etes des Connards!"
> 
> How about Klingon?
> 
> yIntagh  ---> yIntaghpu' ?
> taHqeq  ---> taHqeqpu' ?

We have no information about this.  However, the good news is that in Klingon 
the plural suffix is almost never required.  Until we get more information, 
you can get away with just saying {taHqeq} and forgetting about whether it's 
plural or not.

-- 
SuStel
Beginners' Grammarian
Stardate 97600.6

• Follow-Ups:
  • Re: KLBC: curses with plural
    • From: "Mark E. Shoulson" <[email protected]>

• Prev by Date: Re: KLBC: need
• Next by Date: Re: KLBC : AAF continued
• Prev by thread: KLBC: Time
• Next by thread: Re: KLBC: curses with plural
• Index(es):
  • Date
  • Thread
  • Author

Back to archive top level