tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Dec 26 12:58:09 2001
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Re: fem warrior
> > In physics they try to come up with a universal law that works with
> > everything. Samething here; instead of treating N-N as two possible
> > cases, I use one rule.
> >
> > N1 N2 - of all the N2's out there, this is one that has to do with N1.
>
> I thought I already did this. Noun-noun is genitive.
>
> genitive --adj. 1. (in some inflective languages) denoting the case of nouns
> generally used to modify other nouns, often indicating possession, but used
> also in expressions of measure, origin, characteristic: Examples: JOHN'S
> hat, MAN'S fate, WEEK'S vacation, DUTY'S call. 2. denoting the affix or
> other element characteristic of this case, or a word containing such an
> element. 3. similar to such a case form in function or meaning. --n. the
> genitive case. 5. a word in that case. 6. a construction of similar
> meaning.
Yes you did already say this; but I know there are people out there that do not
understand what you wrote here. I was just providing an additional sample,
maybe one that would help someone understand.
DloraH