tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Feb 07 21:28:54 1999
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Re: Dreaming in Klingon
- From: "Eduardo Fonseca" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Dreaming in Klingon
- Date: Mon, 8 Feb 1999 03:28:32 -0200
jang Alan Anderson:
>ja' Lawrence:
>>How would you refer to a person -- say for example, your captain -- if that
>>person was dead? Would you use -wI' or -wIj?
>>
>>If you take the position that the captain was capable of speech while
>>alive, and that such an attribute should be considered permanent once
>>applied, then you'd go with -wI'.
>
>I agree with this position completely. I'd also like to point out that
>Klingon has a lack of focus on tense, so the idea of "capable of speech"
>*should* be a permanent attribute. Note that babies are supposed to get
>the speaking possessives because of their potential to speak; dead people
>would likely be treated the same.
There are other point here. Unfortunatly I don't know the
apropriate word in english, but what about the people that cannot speak
as blink = people that cannot see. Will you use {-wIj} or {-wI'}.
Edy