[tlhIngan Hol] Daghtuj jaj 'oH jajvam'e'

[janSIy .]

jatlh James Landau:


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I was just thinking . . . if -Daq and other such noun suffixes can appear at the end of stative verbs that follow the nouns, aren't they really clitics instead of "noun suffixes"?

Even without that feature, it's already arguable that the type 5 noun suffixes are clitics. They don't actually modify the noun, but rather perform a syntactic purpose within the larger verb clause. The very title of the group and description in TKD imply that they are really clitics and not true affixes. None-the-less, treating them as noun suffixes that follow all the other noun suffixes makes it much easier for non-linguists and keeps the description simpler and more consistent.

If you are asking whether a linguistic description of the features of Klingon should note that these are actually clitics, then I would accept that as most likely true. If you are asking whether we should stop calling them suffixes when talking about them in the Klingonist community, then I give a very forceful, "No!"

janSIy

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