[tlhIngan Hol] et cetera {latlh je} in reference to nouns or verbs or both

mayqel qunen'oS mihkoun at gmail.com
Tue Jun 29 02:27:43 PDT 2021


charghwI':
> While {latlh je} might not function with verbs, you can work around that by something like:
> jIqettaHvIS, jIvumtaHvIS, jISeDtaHvIS, jIHaDtaHvIS, qoj latlh Qu’ vItoy'taHvIS, jIDoy'choH.
> QongtaHvIS be’nalwI’, jIlaD, jIghItlh, jIba’, qoj chuSbe’bogh Qu’ vItoy'

I really, really, *really* like these ideas! Thanks for sharing.

De'vID:
> I think, in theory, if it's a list of people, one is supposed to use "et al."
> rather than "etc.", but I don't know anyone who does this outside of an academic setting.

Perhaps, in such cases, one could modify the klingon {latlh je} to
{latlhpu' je} in order to express the "et al".

~ Dana'an



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