tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Aug 31 15:24:21 2002
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Re: tlhIngan Hol lujatlhbogh puq'e'
At 01:41 02-08-31 +0200, lab tulwI'
>so my question is:
>can we assume that every noun in a klingon sentence has a "role"?
Skipping ALL the definitions and names, this by itself is a really
important concept, so I'm going to answer it for the benefit of those other
than tulwI'.
The answer is YES.
Every noun in a Klingon sentence has a role. You can't just put a noun in
there somewhere because its meaning is relevant.
The noun can be the object of the verb: _loD_ vIlegh
It can be the subject of the verb: yIt _loD_
It can describe another noun: yIt _tlhIngan_ loD.
It can function as a timestamp _DaHjaj_ yIt loD
It can be part of another clause _may'mo'_ yIt loD
I don't think that will answer tulwI''s question -- I haven't been
following closely enough to understand tulwI''s question. But this might
be useful to someone out there lurking.