tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Oct 18 21:58:18 2001
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KLBC: Comparatives and OSV (was Re: KLBC: Limmerick vIqonta')
- From: "Rohan Fenwick" <[email protected]>
- Subject: KLBC: Comparatives and OSV (was Re: KLBC: Limmerick vIqonta')
- Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2001 02:38:50
jatlh Qubchatlh:
> > > Q'onoSDaq loDHom jatlh,
> > Remember the basic sentence structure,
> > Object-Verb-Subject (OVS)
> > If the boy is doing the speaking, loDHom goes after
> > jatlh.
>
> In English one can be liberal with word order for the
> sake of meter and rhyme. Is Klingon stricter in this
> respect?
ja' DloraH:
>OVS
>The only exception are some toasts that have maintained an ancient
>structure.
In my search for remnants of {no' Hol}, I fairly fell over the {X Q law' Y Q
puS} structure, and it *may* appear that this bears vestiges of OSV
structure too, unless it isn't really a sentence, but a fragment of one. And
if this is the case, why are two adjectival verbs altering nouns in BOTH
parts of the structure? I'm confused. HELP!!!! :)
Qapla' 'ej Satlho'
ro'Han
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