tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Aug 26 20:15:05 2002
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Re: grammer question
From: "Steven Boozer" <[email protected]>
> DOOM_er asks:
>
> >Can I say /lIvan tugh Heghbogh loDpu'/ or is that grammatically
incorrect?
>
> Since you asked the entire list, I'll comment before the BG as I recognize
> the quotation:
>
> Morituri te salutari.
> "Those who are about to die salute you."
>
> >In other words, can the /tugh/ be there?
>
> Unfortunately, no. Klingon syntax is fairly rigid. Adverbials go before
> the entire OVS string, even if it contains a relative clause.
Err . . . he did put /tugh/ before the entire OVS string -- the OVS of
/Heghbogh loDpu'/.
His noun phrase is /tugh Heghbogh loDpu'/: "men who will soon die." His
whole sentence is
lIvan [tugh Heghbogh loDpu'].
[Men who will soon die] salute you.
I see no problem with this. We have seen plenty of evidence that Klingon
treats verbs and sentences as basically the same thing.
SuStel
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