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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">mayqel, qatlho’.
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"> I don’t have a lot of time now, but a couple of things caught my eye:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> mayqel qunenoS<br>
</span><b><span style="color:#1F497D">< </span>vaj, naDev chaHtaHvIS no'ma', chutmey'e' chenmoHta'bogh qeylIS lajchu'<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#1F497D">< </span></b>so, while our ancestors were here, they followed the rules created by
<span style="color:#1F497D">K</span>ahless<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">no’</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"> is grammatically singular. So odd as it sounds, this should be
<b>naDev ghaHtaHvIS no’ma’</b> – although I suspect it’s a common enough mistake, which is likely why Okrand always warns against it:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">TKD 3.3.2: Inherently plural nouns are treated grammatically as singular nouns in that singular pronouns are used to refer to them (sections 4.1, 5.1). For example, in the sentence
<b>cha yIghuS</b> <i>Stand by torpedoes!</i> or <i>Get the torpedoes ready to be fired!</i> the verb prefix
<b>yI</b>-, an imperative prefix used for singular objects, must be used even though the object (<b>cha</b>
<i>torpedoes</i>) has a plural meaning.<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">KGT 34: Thus, the singular pronoun <b>'oH</b> (<i>it</i>) is used for both
<b>jengva' </b>(<i>plate</i>) and <b>ngop </b>(<i>plates</i>) in sentences such as
<b>nuqDaq 'oH jengva''e'</b>? (<i>Where is the plate</i>?) and <b>nuqDaq 'oH ngop'e'</b>? (<i>Where are the plates</i>?).
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<p class="MsoNormal">KGT 178:<b> reH no' yIquvmoH</b> <i>Always honor your ancestors.</i>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">KGT 178: <b>yIquvmoH</b>, <i>Honor them</i>! (actually, this is
<i>Honor him/her</i>! ; the inherently plural noun <b>no'</b>, <i>ancestors</i>, takes a singular pronoun).<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#1F497D">< </span>Qo'noS puqpu', yISuvchuqQo'<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#1F497D">< </span></b><span style="color:#1F497D">c</span>hildren of
<span style="color:#1F497D">k</span>ronos don't fight each other<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Use the plural imperative prefix
<b>pe</b>- <i>you</i> (<i>plural</i>) [<i>do something</i>!] here: <b>peSuvchuqQo’</b>!
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">BTW note the difference a comma makes in English:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"> Children of Kronos, don't fight each other! (<i>i.e. an order</i>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"> Qo'noS puqpu', peSuvchuqQo'!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"> Children of Kronos don't fight each other. (<i>i.e. a</i>
<i>statement</i>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"> Suvchuqbe' Qo'noS puqpu'.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Qapla’</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">--<br>
Voragh<br>
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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