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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 11/29/2016 6:37 AM, mayqel qunenoS
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<pre wrap="">demons appear, the scared human asks "what are you ?" and the demons
reply "demons for some, angels for others".
Suppose I write the above in klingon:
nargh qa'pu' Hurgh, 'ej ghel Human'e' lughIjbogh: nuq tlhIH.
jang qa'pu' Hurgh:
'opvaD qa'pu' Hurgh, latlhpu'vaD angels</pre>
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<p>If you're calling demons <b>qa' Hurgh,</b> why aren't angels <b>qa'
wov</b>?</p>
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<pre wrap="">1. at the {ghel Human'e' lughIjbogh} I think the {-'e'} isn't
necessary. Am I correct ?</pre>
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<p>Yes, it is not required or, in this case, even helpful. We do not
believe that an elided noun or pronoun can be the head noun of a
relative clause. (Exception: a sound file on the <i>Star Trek:
Klingon</i> game has Okrand saying <b>Dajatlhbogh vIyajbe',</b>
which seems to do exactly this. The sound file was not used in the
language lab, so we don't know if it's meant to be a complete
sentence.)<br>
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<pre wrap="">2. at the {'opvaD qa'pu' Hurgh} is the {'opvaD} on its own acceptable,
or is it absolutely necessary to write something like {'op HumanvaD}</pre>
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<p>Acceptable. I don't see any reason why "some what?" wouldn't be
obvious.<br>
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<pre wrap="">3. and most important: since at the above story the context is clear,
is it correct for the demons' reply to be just {'op HumanvaD qa'pu'
Hurgh} "demons for some", or is it necessary to write {'op HumanvaD
qa'pu' Hurgh maH} ?</pre>
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<p>In a formal grammatical sentence, you need a verb. If I
understood you to be using grammatical shortcuts, I'd be lenient.<br>
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<pre wrap="">4. If I remember correctly, some time ago we had said that
{'oppu}/{'opmey} is wrong, right ?
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<p>I don't know if they're actually wrong, but they don't make a lot
of sense to me.<br>
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