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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 8/11/2017 1:38 PM, mayqel qunenoS
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cite="mid:CAP7F2cKnYR5V4pUdmEvz5NuU4w+tZ9S9H-xAunCEpibYJKPGXw@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">I wonder whether the following are correct.
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<div dir="auto">wa' jaj maHegh Hoch</div>
<div dir="auto">one day we will all die</div>
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<div dir="auto">wa' jaj maHegh HochHom</div>
<div dir="auto">one day most of us will die</div>
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<div dir="auto">wa' jaj maHegh Hoch maH</div>
<div dir="auto">one day all we will die</div>
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<div dir="auto">wa' jaj maHegh maH Hoch</div>
<div dir="auto">one day all of us will die</div>
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<div dir="auto">wa' jaj maHegh HochHom maH</div>
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<div dir="auto">wa' jaj maHegh maH HochHom</div>
<div dir="auto">one day most of us will die</div>
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<div dir="auto">wa' jaj Hegh Hoch chaH</div>
<div dir="auto">one day all they will die</div>
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<div dir="auto">wa' jaj Hegh chaH Hoch</div>
<div dir="auto">one day all of them will die</div>
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<div dir="auto">wa' jaj Hegh HochHom chaH</div>
<div dir="auto">one day they almost all will die</div>
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<div dir="auto">wa' jaj Hegh chaH HochHom</div>
<div dir="auto">one day most of them will die</div>
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<div dir="auto">And I wonder whether there are canon examples of
{Hoch} and/or {HochHom} used as subjects of a verb with the
prefix {ma-}.</div>
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<div dir="auto">And whether there are canon examples of {Hoch}
and/or {HochHom} placed before, or after pronouns.</div>
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<p>People try to do these things all the time, because they're
trying to reproduce the expressions used by English or some other
language. But most of these violate the rule of <b>rom</b>, that
verb prefixes must agree with subjects and objects. Yes, sometimes
those rules are violated by Klingons under certain circumstances,
but we humans should be making up our own circumstances.</p>
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<p><b>wa' jaj maHegh Hoch</b><i><br>
one day we will all die<br>
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<p><b>Hoch</b> is a third-person noun, not a first-person noun, so
the verb prefix must agree with a third-person subject. Say
either <b>wa' jaj maHegh</b><i> one day we will die</i> or <b>wa'
jaj Hegh Hoch</b><i> one day everyone will die.</i> This goes
for <b>HochHom</b> variants too.</p>
<p>While this is not positive evidence, I will point out that <i>paq'batlh</i>
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<p><b>naDev Sughompu'<br>
'ej Qo'noS SuvwI'pu' Hem tlhIH<br>
qeylIS tIghmey'e'<br>
DaH tIQoy...</b></p>
<p><i>Hear now,<br>
All of you here,<br>
Proud warriors of Kronos<br>
The ways of Kahless...</i></p>
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<p>The translator declined to say <b>Hoch tlhIH</b> or <b>tlhIH
Hoch</b> for <i>all of you.</i><br>
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<p><b>wa' jaj maHegh Hoch maH/wa' jaj maHegh maH Hoch</b><br>
<i>one day all we will die</i></p>
<p>Assuming either of <b>Hoch maH</b> or <b>maH Hoch </b>is
valid for <i>all of us</i> (as opposed to <i>some of us</i>
or<i> none of us</i>), then this works. But I don't think we
know that those are valid. Likewise with <b>HochHom</b>
variants.<br>
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