[tlhIngan Hol] Can we place adjectives on the nouns of a noun-noun construction ?
SuStel
sustel at trimboli.name
Fri May 17 08:13:06 PDT 2019
On 5/17/2019 10:21 AM, mayqel qunen'oS wrote:
> Recently, on the "learn klingon" facebook group, there was a
> discussion, with regards, whether the two nouns of a noun-noun
> construction can have adjectives.
>
> For example {la' Dun vIghro' tIQ} "the ancient cat of the great
> commander".
>
> Personally, I would avoid using such constructions, because they could
> be confusing.
>
> However, I would like to ask, whether there is a rule prohibiting such
> constructions.
>
> Because, although I've read that facebook thread, I still don't
> understand whether they're illegal or not.
How about *logh Hop Hut tengchaH* /Deep Space 9/ from Skybox 99?
Or *tlhIngan Dujmey law’qu’ SommeyDaq batlh cha’lu’* /has been
emblazoned upon the hulls of countless Klingon Starships/ from Skybox SP1?
Sure, it's legal. And canonical.
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SuStel
http://trimboli.name
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