tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Jul 11 11:48:47 2000
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Re: Raise Your betleH to the Stars.....
- From: Marc Ruehlaender <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Raise Your betleH to the Stars.....
- Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 13:48:09 CDT
> pagh:
> > While the phrase in <<..>> marks is grammatically acceptable, I disagree
> > completely with using {-vaD} here, and {betleHraj yIpep} is a bit odd.
> > You're commanding whoever you're addressing to raise a single betleH which
> > belongs to multiple people. Saying either {betleHraj tIpep} or {betleHlIj
> > yIpep} works better in my brain.
>
quljIb:
> *sigh* "...Unlike English, however, the lack of specific suffix for plural
> does not mean that the noun [i.e., <betleH>] is singular. In Klingon, a noun
> without a plural suffix may still refer to more than one entity. The
> plurality is indicated by a pronoun, whether a verb prefix or a full word, or
~~~~~~~~~~~
> by context." If I'd wanted to write <betleHlIj>, I'd have written
> <betleHlIj>.
>
then, I assume, if you had wanted to write {tIpep}, you'd have written
{tIpep} ;-) it's an easy one to miss...
Marc Ruehlaender
aka HomDoq
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