tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Nov 20 12:35:29 1997
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Re: maHagh tlhInganpu'
- From: "David Trimboli" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: maHagh tlhInganpu'
- Date: Thu, 20 Nov 1997 13:23:32 -0500
-----Original Message-----
From: Anthony.Appleyard <[email protected]>
To: Multiple recipients of list <[email protected]>
Date: Thursday, November 20, 1997 4:13 AM
Subject: Re: maHagh tlhInganpu'
> "David Trimboli" <[email protected]> wrote:-
>> Your construction violates TKD section 4.1.1, and the chart found
therein.
>> {ma-} is a prefix which indicates a first-person, plural subject, whereas
>> {tlhInganpu'} is a third-person, plural subject.
>
> Some would say that a noun {tlhInganpu'} / "Klingons" is 1st-person when
the
>speaker is one of them, or 2nd-person when the speaker is talking to them.
It is not. TKD (p.69) even supports this in Klingon:
"Both {'Iv} and {nuq} are treated as nouns as far as the pronomial prefixes
are concerned. That is, they are considered third person."
SuStel
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