tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Dec 30 15:24:12 2002
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Re: KLBC
> To say what is your name.
>
> {ponglI' nuq}
> you wouldn't say {ponglIj nuq} would you?
Oh, yes.
The type4 possessive suffixes change referring to the noun they're attached
to (do I understand what I say?;-)
With things in general, use the "full" suffixes {-wIj, -lIj,} etc
And with persons capable of speech, use the suffixes ending on the
apostrophe {-wI', -lI', -ma'} etc.
Examples explain:
my father {vavwI'}
your mother {SoSlI'}
the enemy of you all {jaghra'}
my feather {bowIj}
your food {SojlIj}
you all's ship {Dujraj}
So if you want to say "your name", the "name" is not capable of language
speech, so use the suffix for things in general:
{ponglIj}
To say "what is your name?"
I prefer the construction
{nuq 'oH ponglIj'e'}
because then one can answer in the same pattern
{Quvar 'oH pongwIj'e'}
Quvar
Beginners' Grammarian
ghojwI'pu'wI vISaH
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