tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Mar 29 08:07:01 1997

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RE: KLBC Clipped vs not



jatlh HomDoq:

> > > would you accept {Ha'DIbaH targh'e'} as clipped Klingon?
> > 
> > If it were simply {Ha'DIbaH targh}, I might.  No, I don't think we've ever 

> > seen this sort of clipping in canon, but I don't consider it much of a 
> > stretch.
> > 
> so you're saying that if I clip the verbal pronoun I should clip
> the <<subject-marking -'e'>> as well? why's that?

A canon example from Power Klingon:

nuqDaq 'oH puchpa''e'?
nuqDaq puchpa'?

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SuStel
Beginners' Grammarian
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