[tlhIngan Hol] "Seasons of Love" in Klingon / And two grammatical questions

[DloraH]

> *be' Huch paq je* - the woman's money and book [noun + (noun noun
je)]
>                     the woman's money and the book [(noun + noun)
noun je]
> 

or:
The woman and the money book (ledger) [noun + (noun noun) je]


- DloraH


On Fri, 2022-01-07 at 14:42 +0100, luis.chaparro at web.de wrote:
> I would like to ask two more questions on these subjects:
> 
> De'vID:
>  
> > From {nIn Hoch} "all [of] the fuel" on p.155 of KGT, we know that
> > {Hoch} following a noun means "all of X".
> 
> The meaning "all of X" is not restricted to uncountable nouns, right?
> So I could also say: *paq Hoch*, meaning *all of the book* or *the
> entire book / the whole of the book*.
> 
> Me:
> 
> > 2. I guess there is nothing wrong with *(noun noun je) + noun* as a
> > noun-noun construction? Are there canonical examples?
> 
> If I understand it right, while the option *(noun noun je) + noun*
> can't be ambiguous, the opposite *noun + (noun noun je)* could have
> another interpretation depending on context:
> 
> *be' Huch paq je* - the woman's money and book [noun + (noun noun
> je)]
>                     the woman's money and the book [(noun + noun)
> noun je]
> 
> Am I right? Maybe punctuation could help: *be' Huch, paq je* for the
> second interpretation?
> 
> I've also found this canonical example: *quwargh tach Qe' je qoDDaq
> Hov leng Soj DatIv* (*Enjoy Star Trek themed food and drink at
> Quark's Bar and Restaurant*). The structure is: [noun + (noun noun
> je)] + noun. But theoretically, it could also be *at the interior of
> Quark's Bar and the Restaurant*: [(noun + noun) noun je] + noun. Is
> that correct?
> 
> Thank you!
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