[tlhIngan Hol] Pronominal prefixes compulsory?

[Robyn Stewart]

Felix' comparison with English conjugations is apt.  It sounds dumb and is
harder to understand if you don't use the correct prefix. 

If you want to leave something out, you could drop the plural suffix: Doch
lulegh ghot. From the prefix it's obvious that the subject will be plural,
so it's not necessary to make it explicit.

- Qov

> -----Original Message-----
> From: tlhIngan-Hol [mailto:tlhingan-hol-bounces at lists.kli.org] On Behalf
Of
> Felix Malmenbeck
> Sent: July 2, 2016 14:01
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> Subject: Re: [tlhIngan Hol] Pronominal prefixes compulsory?
> 
> > You can see the subject is a group and the object is a single thing,
> > so is the prefix required at all?
> 
> Yup. The rule of rom (KGT p.173) requires that prefixes agree with the
> subject and object.
> 
> This is quite similar to English, where the verb must agree with the
subject.
> You can say "She speaks Klingon." and "They speak Klingon.", but not "She
> speak Klingon." and "They speaks Klingon."
> 
> Now, the lu- suffix *is* sometimes dropped by speakers, but this is still
> considered an error, so it's not something I recommend.
> 
> ________________________________________
> From: tlhIngan-Hol <tlhingan-hol-bounces at lists.kli.org> on behalf of
Jeremy
> Silver <j.silver at mupwi.demon.co.uk>
> Sent: Saturday, July 2, 2016 22:19
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> Subject: [tlhIngan Hol] Pronominal prefixes compulsory?
> 
> Quick question for the po'wI'pu', if I have a sentence where both subject
and
> object is explicitly stated, like:
> 
> Doch lulegh ghotpu'.
> 
> You can see the subject is a group and the object is a single thing, so is
the
> prefix required at all?
> 
> Thanks,
> -- mupwI'
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