[tlhIngan Hol] Who shall call them from the twilight ?

mayqel qunenoS mihkoun at gmail.com
Wed Dec 14 07:03:36 PST 2016


SuStel:
> in *Star Trek V,* Captain Klaa says *HIv He*
*> yIchoHmoH*, which is subtitled *Alter the*
*> attack course!*

the question is, captain klaa says {HIv He} or {HIvHe} ?

qunnoH jan puqloD
ghoghwIj HablI'vo' vIngeHta'

On 14 Dec 2016 4:43 pm, "SuStel" <sustel at trimboli.name> wrote:

> On 12/14/2016 9:37 AM, mayqel qunenoS wrote:
>
>>
>> SuStel:
>> > 'Ip lulay'bogh HevwI' tuqnIgh
>> > house member of the receiver of the oath
>> > which they swore.
>>
>> thank you for explaining this ! I just learned something new, something I
>> hadn't realized so far !
>>
>> we have the {'Ip lulay'bogh} "the oath which they swore". and then we
>> have the {HevwI' tuqnIgh}. So, we put them together, forming a noun-noun
>> construction thus getting "house member of the receiver of the oath which
>> they swore". this is beautiful !
>>
>> I hadn't realized that we could take a noun, entangle it with {-bogh} and
>> use it in a noun-noun construction.
>>
>> jIQuch !
>>
>> however, a new question just appeared in my mind, so let me ask you..
>>
>> instead of the {'Ip lulay'bogh HevwI' tuqnIgh}, could we write {'Ip'e'
>> lulay'bogh HevwI' tuqnIgh}, or would this be considered a violation of the
>> rule that "in noun-noun constructions only the last noun can take type-5
>> suffixes" ?
>>
>>
> Yes, it would.
>
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