[tlhIngan Hol] naH in fruit names 'oQqar in vegetable names

SuStel sustel at trimboli.name
Fri Jul 24 06:17:08 PDT 2020


On 7/24/2020 9:10 AM, Lieven wrote:
> It's because those are no.-klingon items. I think anyone will 
> understand if omitted, but grammatically, the additional word must 
> always be added.

I don't think it's a grammatical necessity to do this any more than it's 
a grammatical necessity to say /beans/ after /vinova./ It's just a Star 
Trek trope that Marc Okrand is deliberately playing into.

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SuStel
http://trimboli.name

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