tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Jan 20 12:05:12 2015
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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] tera' Hovtay'Daq PLUTO HurDaq bIHtaH'a' latlh yuQmey?
Bellerophon, modeler (bellerophon.modeler@gmail.com)
<div dir="ltr">So putting the quantity noun first in a noun phrase began as sloppy usage? Klingon noun phrases do seem to be used for every possible meaning of genitive construction. Logically, "all (of) Klingons" would be *{tlhInganpu' Hoch}. <br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 12:53 PM, SuStel <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sustel@trimboli.name" target="_blank">sustel@trimboli.name</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><br>
'ach yuQna' pagh yuQHom bIH?</blockquote><div><br></div><div>bIghel'a' pagh bIja''a'? I was recently trying to translate either/or questions into Klingon and found they did not mean what I intended. I wasn't sure whether the result was either/or or yes/no? vulqangan romuluSngan ghap chaH'a'? Clearer is vulqangan chaH'a' pagh romuluSngan...</div><div><br></div><div>~'eD</div></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature">My modeling blog: <a href="http://bellerophon-modeler.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://bellerophon-modeler.blogspot.com/</a><br>My other modeling blog: <a href="http://bellerophon.blog.com/" target="_blank">http://bellerophon.blog.com/</a><br></div>
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