tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Jul 15 19:33:00 1998
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Re: KLBC - pabwIj vIlughmoH 'ej mu'tlheghmey chu' vIqon
- From: Alan Anderson <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLBC - pabwIj vIlughmoH 'ej mu'tlheghmey chu' vIqon
- Date: Wed, 15 Jul 1998 21:22:40 -0500
- In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>
ja' Qov:
>tlhIngan jIH - I am a Klingon (no added emphasis)
>tlhIngan jIH'e' - *I* am a Klingon.
Um, can we do this? TKD 6.3, page 67, uses {tlhIngan jIH} as an
example, but the paragraph immediately before the example says:
: On the other hand, all pronouns (section 5.1) can be used as
: verbs, in the sense /I am, you are,/ etc.
The pronouns are used as *verbs*. A noun suffix doesn't go on verbs.
On the next page, talking about "to be at a place", we read:
: Again, the pronouns are used, followed, where appropriate, by
: verbal suffixes.
Noun suffixes are not appropriate.
Maybe to emphasize the "I" in {tlhIngan jIH}, one says
{tlhIngan jIH jIH}. Or maybe not.
-- ghunchu'wI'