tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Feb 27 19:44:32 2003
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Re: -bogh and noun-noun constructions
On Thu, 27 Feb 2003, David Trimboli wrote:
> From: "...Paul" <[email protected]>
> > Can you do:
> > nuH'e' Qachbogh qun = "The history of the weapon he wielded"
>
> You can't do this. Section 3.4 of TKD disallows it. You can't put a Type 5
> noun suffix on the first noun in a noun-noun construction. */nuH'e' qun/ is
> an illegal construction, so /nuH'e' Qachbogh qun/ can ONLY mean "the weapon
> which history wielded."
Doh, I forgot about that one. What about
nuH Qachbogh qun'e' ?
Or just in general, how would you go about doing this kind of thing?
...Paul
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