tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Jun 19 06:36:21 1997
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Re: Re : RE: KLBC: nominal sentences
bI'Ijba'Qo'. qaStaHvIS DISmey law' bI'Ijpu'Qo' 'ej jaS
bIQubchoH 'e' pIH pagh. qechvam wISaH chay' 'e' DapIHlaw'?
charghwI'
According to [email protected]:
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> In a message dated 97-06-17 19:56:35 EDT, HdW writes:
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> << >> many (if not most) Klingon words may be used as verbs or nouns
> jang SuStel :
> > Unless some new evidence comes to light, it's not "most," it's "some."
> [...]
> > English does this a lot more than Klingon does.
> Hmmm. I didn't really count them. But if not even "many", these words are
> quite frequent. >>
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> "In Klingon, there are many instances of nouns and verbs being identical in
> form... It is not known if all verbs can be used as nouns, but it is known
> that verbs ending in suffixes can never be nouns."
>
> While I agree with SuStel that new evidence needs to come to light, I feel
> that the second sentence above implies that "nearly all" verbs, in their stem
> form, can be used as nouns. You know who I am; I am the one prodding the
> evidence to reveal itself clearly enough we can all become convinced.
> Although I am biased toward finding examples of MO constructions which are
> not "obviously" noun plus noun, I truly am finding an increase of them in
> each new publication by MO.
>
> Qapla'
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