tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Jun 18 14:14:08 1998
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Re: List of Klingon fauna
- From: "David Trimboli" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: List of Klingon fauna
- Date: Wed, 17 Jun 1998 18:57:19 -0400
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> juHqo'Daq vaS'a' tu'lu'. ngoch luchermeH 'ej wo' San luwuqmeH pa' ghom
> tlhIngan yejquv DevwI'pu'.
> On the Homeworld, there is a great hall where the leaders of the Klingon
>High
> Council meet to determine policy and decide upon the fate of the
Empire.
> (S25)
>
> tlhIngan wo' yuQmey chovlu'chugh Qo'noS potlh law' Hoch potlh puS. roD
>'oHvaD
> juHqo' ponglu' neH. pa' 'oHtaH vaS'a''e'
> The principal planet of the Klingon Empire, Qo'noS is usually referred
to
>as
> simply "The Homeworld." This is where the Klingon Great Hall is
located
> (S27)
> Truly interesting. If {pa'} is not acting as a pronoun, but retains only
its
>attributes of an adverb, we may have a canon headless clause. Nay, hold!
The
>head of the clause appears much later: {tlhIngan yejquv DevwI'pu'}
>
>As a beginning writer of tlhIngan Hol sentences, I would have produced
{ngoch
>luchermeH tlhIngan yejquv DevwI'pu' 'ej wo' San luwuqmeH chaH vaS'a'Daq
ghom
>chaH}. Putting {pa'} in place of {vaS'a'Daq} brings back the concept that
>{pa'} is referring back (quasi-pronomially) to the previous instance of
>{vaS'a'}. So, all I have done is point out that even MO uses temporarily
>headless clauses.
What headless clauses? There aren't even any relative clauses in these
sentences. What are you referring to?
SuStel
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