tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Feb 24 08:20:48 2003
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Re: New Member/Syll... correction
From: "C. Krottje" <[email protected]>
> I never SPEAK Klingon so I wouldn't know, but I expected
> either a Glottal Stop or some kind of assimilation where a
> noun with final vowel is followed by the {oy} suffix. That
> the final vowel and the /oy/ diphthong are turned into a new
> sound (diphthong or triphthong). Compare the Dutch
> endearment/diminutive suffix {ie}; if it follows a word like
> "papa" (dad)(stress on 1st syllable), it becomes
> "pappie"... or the name Susan, where the last bit
> dissappears altogether and the name turns into Suzy.
> the name Mara could become /mara-oy/ --> /maroy/ in fast
> speech perhaps. I don't know. It just seems more natural
> than inserting a glottal stop or a /gh/, although a /w/
> doesn't seem that weird.
Dajbej ngervam. vIHarlaH. DuHbej <maroy>.
'a tlhIngan QIch chut DISovchu'be'. chaq tlhIngan yabDu'vaD motlh <'>
chelpu'ghach. SuQochbe' SoH tlhIngan Hol mu'ghom qonwI', 'a Sovchu'be'
mu'ghom qonwI' 'e' chID.
SuStel
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