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Re: Klingon words for "subject" and "object"; ghunlu'wI'

• From: Terrence Donnelly <[email protected]>
• Subject: Re: Klingon words for "subject" and "object"; ghunlu'wI'
• Date: Mon, 17 Nov 1997 16:58:01 -0600

At 03:01 AM 11/17/97 -0800, you wrote:
>  A few days ago one of the pabpo'pu' mentioned in passing a lack of Klingon
>words for grammatical "subject" and "object".  Could "subject" be e.g.
>{vangwI'}? (if ambiguity could be avoided with "movie actor" in the frequent
>discussions in Klingon about Star Trek episodes).
>  If so, "object" could be {vanglu'wI'} - with the obvious proviso.
>

I like {vangwI'} for 'subject', but how about {DoS} for 'object'?

-- ter'eS

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