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Re: language-using suffixes vs. personal pronouns

ngabwI' ([email protected])

• From: "ngabwI'" <[email protected]>
• Subject: Re: language-using suffixes vs. personal pronouns
• Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 16:47:42 -0400
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, August 23, 2004 9:24 AM
Subject: KLBC: language-using suffixes vs. personal pronouns

> If I use {-wI'} on a noun referring to some thing I'm pointing at, must I
use
> {ghaH} to correctly refer to it in speech?  Or is {'oH} acceptable?  (This
> question is prompted by taD's cartoon in QQ4.)
> lay'tel SIvten

Although others have answered the post, I'll simply summarize:

If you would call a noun a "person", use {ghaH}, otherwise, use {'oH}.

I think of it as an extension of the rules governing the use of {mey} vs
{pu'}, {lI'} vs {lIj}, etc.

--ngabwI'
Beginners' Grammarian
Klingon Language Institute
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