tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon May 01 08:12:20 2006
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Re: {Qong} and other unattested nouns
QeS:
>It may have originally been derived from the verb, but in
>modern English "sleep" can be a noun or a verb.
Shane MiQogh:
> >Only verbs and adjatives... Sleep is not tangible, nor does it represent
> >a value or another object. It represents a state of mind/body. Sleep is
> >an inexistant object...
QeS:
>Then what do you propose we do with the noun "idea" in English and the
>corresponding Klingon term {qech}? That is also a state of mind that doesn't
>represent something tangible, but it is absolutely, totally,
>incontrovertibly a noun in both English and Klingon.
As are {Sov} "knowledge" (verb {Sov} "know") and {vuD} "opinion" (no
homophonous verb attested).
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons