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<div class="gmail_quote">On 13 Jul 2017 7:24 pm, "nIqolay Q"
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 11:25
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<div dir="auto"><span>> <span
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also suggested *{bIQpuH'a'} - as well as
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<div dir="auto">Shouldn't this preferably be {bIQ
puH} instead of {bIQpuH} ?<br>
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<div>MO tends to lean towards using noun-noun phrases
rather than compound nouns but IIRC he's said that
it's not a big deal to prefer one way over the other
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 7/13/2017 12:33 PM, mayqel qunenoS
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<div dir="auto">So we can glue two nouns together ?</div>
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<p>No. Your question is exactly why we have to be careful when
telling people that Okrand said it wasn't a big deal.</p>
<p>When SPEAKING, there's no difference between <b>bIQ puH</b> and
<b>bIQpuH.</b> That doesn't make the latter a genuine, single
word.</p>
<p>Spaces are a form of punctuation.
IcouldwriteeverythinginonelongstringoflettersanditwouldbeperfectlyvalidEnglish,
but we punctuate our words with spaces to make them readable. I'm
pretty sure you agree that
"IcouldwriteeverythinginonelongstringoflettersanditwouldbeperfectlyvalidEnglish"
is not a word; it's a bunch of words without spaces between them.</p>
<p>What we do with our Latin-letter-based transcription system for
Klingon is show the phonemes of Klingon, not the writing system.
Any punctuation we use is up to us and for our benefit. The
transcription system represents what Klingon SOUNDS like, not how
its grammar works.</p>
<p>When Okrand says it's no big deal whether you transcribe things
like <b>wa'Hu'</b> instead of <b>wa' Hu',</b> he's saying that
it SOUNDS the same anyway, so no big deal, don't read too much
into it. He's NOT saying that you can glue two nouns together to
coin a new word.</p>
<p>Let's take the phrase <b>baS 'In</b> <i>metal drum.</i> Let's
suppose you've learned it as a single word, <b>baS'In.</b> Now
tell me the word for a drum that you THINK is made of metal.</p>
<p>If you said <b>baS'InHey,</b> that means <i>thing you think is
a metal drum,</i> not something you know is a drum but which you
only think is made of metal.</p>
<p>If you said <b>baSHey'In,</b> okay, that means what I asked, but
now you can put suffixes in the middle of nouns? Or are you really
dealing with two words after all, and just taking away the space
punctuation? Exactly what have you accomplished by "gluing" those
nouns together, then taking them apart again long enough to shove
a suffix in there? How is it any different than just saying <b>baSHey
'In?</b> And if it's no different, why not do us a favor and
punctuate your sentences helpfully?</p>
<p>Related question: If you're squishing words together (and not
using slang), is a <b>DeSHom</b> an arm-bone or a minor arm?<br>
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