tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Apr 10 14:25:00 2006
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Re: mangpu' or negh?
- From: "QeS 'utlh" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: mangpu' or negh?
- Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 07:24:43 +1000
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ghItlhpu' lay'tel SIvten, ja':
>I thought this scattering implication was only when {-mey} was used.
>Since {-pu'} is used here, does it still have this implication?
Perhaps not "scattering", but definitely that of separation, or emphasis on
individuality. To reiterate Voragh's quote:
"The word {mangpu'} is seldom used, but it is not ungrammatical. It carries
with it the notion that there are individuals (more than one {mang}) making
up the group; {negh} focuses on the group as a unit." (KGT p.50)
I think using {-mey} in this instance would just be considered insulting:
{mangmey} "the incapable-of-language soldiers".
QeS 'utlh
tlhIngan Hol yejHaD pabpo' / Grammarian of the Klingon Language Institute
not nItoj Hemey ngo' juppu' ngo' je
(Old roads and old friends will never deceive you)
- Ubykh Hol vIttlhegh
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