[tlhIngan Hol] derogatory, but to whom ?

De'vID de.vid.jonpin at gmail.com
Thu Mar 21 07:19:24 PDT 2019


On Thu, 21 Mar 2019 at 15:15, mayqel qunen'oS <mihkoun at gmail.com> wrote:

> If I say be'nI'wIj, is it derogatory to me or to my sister ? Or to both ?
>

>From TKD 3.3.4:
It is grammatically correct to use the regular possessive suffixes with
nouns referring to beings capable of speech (as in {puqlIj} "your child"),
but such constructions are considered derogatory; {joHwIj} for "my lord"
borders on the taboo. Students of Klingon should bear this in mind.

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De'vID
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