tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Dec 04 09:49:06 2007
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qorDu'wIj? (was Re: Basic grammar question)
At 11:27 PM Sunday 12/2/2007, naHQun wrote:
>Umm... everyone has been using <qorDu'wIj>, I would have used
><qorDu'wI'>, is that wrong because "a family" doesn't actually use
>language, the "members" do?
That seems to be exactly how it works.: Individuals are "capable of using
language", but collective groups are not (grammatically at least).
Although the only examples of {qorDu'} with a possessive suffix have the
3rd person singular {-Daj} (used for both speaking and non-speaking nouns):
vangDI' tlhIngan SuvwI' ngoy' qorDu'Daj; vangDI' qorDu'Daj
ngoy' tlhIngan SuvwI'
The family of a Klingon warrior is responsible for his actions,
and he is responsible for theirs. TKW
qorDu'Daj tuq 'oS Ha'quj'e' tuQbogh wo'rIv
The sash that Worf wears is a symbol of his family's house. S20
we do have a clear example of {tuq} "tribe, house, ancestral unit, lineage"
with {-lIj} (not {-lI'}):
pInaDqu' tuqlIj wInaDqu' je
Glory to you and your house.
("We praise you highly; we also praise your house highly") KGT
>And being half-asleep, I may have missed this, but what's wrong with:
>
> leng qorDu'wIj
>
>Does it have to have a prefix? Isn't it obvious who's doing the traveling?
>Or does that only work in clipped Klingon? (or even then?)
"my family travels"
There's nothing wrong with it. I think everyone would agree it's
absolutely correct.
The question we're debating is whether ?{maleng qorDu'} or even ?{maleng
qorDu'wIj} are possible. (Personally, I think the first is allowed but not
the second.)
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons