[tlhIngan Hol] Hoch jagh Dujmey DaQotlh

[SuStel]

On 4/3/2019 8:47 AM, mayqel qunen'oS wrote:
> {QaptaHvIS So'wI', Hoch jagh Dujmey DaQotlh}
> disable all enemy ships while cloaked
>
> How exactly is the {Hoch jagh Dujmey} to be interpreted ?
>
> (Hoch jagh) Dujmey
> the ships of each enemy
>
> or
>
> Hoch (jagh Dujmey)
> all the enemy ships
>
> or
>
> Hoch (jagh) Dujmey
> all the ships of the enemy
> (with the Hoch, referring to the Dujmey instead of jagh)
>
> Is there a way of knowing, which of the three is the correct
> interpretation ? Or do we just use the Force to decide ?

It could mean /the ships of each enemy/ or /all the enemy ships./ The 
third option is not available, because the Klingon noun-noun 
construction doesn't let you insert other, unrelated nouns in the middle 
of the noun-noun. /All the ships of the enemy /would be *jagh Hoch Duj.*

Since we're given the English translation /all enemy ships,/ it seems 
clear which meaning Okrand had in mind. But *Hoch jagh Dujmey *can be 
interpreted either way, and the results are not different enough in this 
context to matter, so no further disambiguation is necessary. Whether 
you disable the ship of each enemy or all enemy ships, there are no more 
ships to worry about.

-- 
SuStel
http://trimboli.name

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