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<p>There is one additional example, but it's from paq'batlh, which i) is poetry*, ii) is adapted from an older form of the language* and iii) contains quite a lot of irregularities**.</p>
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<p>Doy'choH cha' porgh</p>
<p>'oy' cha' porgh</p>
<p>'ach Hat'chu' 'e' luneH neH tIqDu'Daj</p>
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<p>(paq'batlh, paq'raD, Canto 23, Stanza 7)</p>
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<p>* For the most part, though, the book is grammatically correct by "modern" tlhIngan Hol standards, or tries to be, so I wouldn't dismiss it out of hand. It is handy to keep in mind in case one wants to retcon out mistakes, though.</p>
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<p>** This is probably the bigger concern. There was a lot of text, and the proof-readers only had a very limited time to look at it.<br>
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<p>//loghaD<br>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font style="font-size:11pt" face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> tlhIngan-Hol <tlhingan-hol-bounces@lists.kli.org> on behalf of SuStel <sustel@trimboli.name><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Saturday, December 8, 2018 19:47<br>
<b>To:</b> tlhingan-hol@lists.kli.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [tlhIngan Hol] {neH} with SAO and indefinite subject</font>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 12/8/2018 1:42 PM, Daniel Dadap wrote:<br>
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<p class="">(The sole known exception is not a good data point, as it involves one Klingon using another Klingon's sentence as the first sentence in a sentence-as-object construction. It may be that in such a case not having
<i class="">something</i> there is too much. We don't know how this exception works, so it's dangerous to base our understanding on it.<br class="">
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<div>Out of curiosity, do you mind quoting that exception?</div>
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<p>In <i>Star Trek VI, </i>one of the military officers says something, then Azetbur says
<b>'e' neHbe' vavoy </b><i>That isn't what my father wanted,</i> literally,<i> Daddy didn't want that.</i><br>
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