[tlhIngan Hol] using {ngan} as a suffix {ngan} as the suffix {-ngan}

[SuStel]

On 1/26/2022 3:34 PM, ghunchu'wI' 'utlh wrote:
> On Jan 26, 2022, at 10:11 AM, SuStel<sustel at trimboli.name>  wrote:
>> Another convention we use is spacing noun-nouns that aren't lexicalized as no-space compounds.
> If the meaning is carried adequately by two separate words, there is certainly no reason to make a compound out of them. It is easier for the reader that way, at the trivial expense of asking the writer not to be lazy.

jIQochbe'chu'.


> Using a single-word compound might sometimes imply something that isn’t clear in a straightforward noun-noun construction, but the writer had better be pretty darn sure of his or her motivation when doing it.

I'm pretty sure Iikka Hauhio will accuse you of English bias for saying 
that.

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SuStel
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