tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Dec 18 19:34:10 1998
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Re: Skybox S26 Card Question
On Thu, 17 Dec 1998, Marc Paige wrote:
><DuraS tuq tlhIngan yejquv patlh>
>"N-N" 'oH DIpghomvam'e'. qar'a'
>mughDI' mu'mey 'IH lo' <MO>
>"higher standing for the House of Duras within the Klingan High
>Council"
>Duras' House's Klingon's High Council's rank
>
>mu'mey law'qu' lo' <English> Hol.
qarbej. You could analyse S26 as a N-N-N-N-N genitive, or a N1-N2-N3
genitive where N1 and N2 are themselves N-N phrases (DIpghommey):
DuraS tuq tlhIngan yejquv patlh
the (House of Duras)'s (Klingon High Council)'s rank
The trick is not getting lost amidst all the nouns.
Voragh