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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 8/17/2017 8:49 AM, mayqel qunenoS
wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:CAP7F2cLC8v6b5NAmUeZ4htRoL=mMyyfsPvfmLBYptdbUhp3gag@mail.gmail.com">Lets
say I'm writing a passage which concerns some "things"..
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<div dir="auto">In english I can write "these things are:", and
after the ":" (which I don't know how you call it in english), I
can continue by writing what these things are.</div>
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<div dir="auto">Is it possible to do something similar in klingon
? Can someone write {Dochmeyvam bIH:} or {bIH Dochmeyvam'e':} ?
And then continue by describing whatever it is he wants to
describe ?</div>
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<div dir="auto">And if the answer is yes, then what is
preferable/more correct ? {<span style="font-family:sans-serif">Dochmeyvam
bIH:} or {bIH Dochmeyvam'e':} ?</span></div>
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<p>It's called a <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colon_%28punctuation%29">colon</a>,
and as part of a sentence it is typically used either as you are
using it here (enumerating a list) are as an explanation or
definition of what comes before the colon.</p>
<p>The Bird of Prey poster uses colons in some of the <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://klingonska.org/canon/1998-11-01-bop.txt">Klingon
text</a>.</p>
<p>In normal speaking, I wouldn't rely on this. Just put your list
in the normal place: <b>Doch wa', Doch cha', Doch wej je bIH
Dochmeyvam'e'.</b> Don't look to punctuation to be able to speak
in new ways; use punctuation to make clear the text you write.<br>
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