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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 1/22/2020 8:02 AM, mayqel qunen'oS
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<div dir="auto">Suppose I write:</div>
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<div dir="auto">{ghaH loDnI'} with the interned meaning "the
brother of him".</div>
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<div dir="auto">Would it be correct ?</div>
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<p>With the exception of locative and directional nouns, the answer
is no, you can't do this. You need to use <b>loDnI'wI'.</b></p>
<p>With locative nouns (<b>tlhop, Dung, retlh,</b> etc.) you use the
form <i>pronoun noun,</i> such as <b>jIH tlhop</b><i> area in
front of me</i> and <b>tlhIH Dung</b><i> area above you
(plural).</i> Speakers from the Sakrej region of Kronos are
different and use possessive suffixes for these <b>(tlhopwIj;
Dungraj).</b></p>
<p>The directional nouns use suffixes in all dialects (<b>'evmaj</b><i>
northwest of us,</i> <b>chanDaj</b><i> east of him/her/it</i>).
All dialects except the Sakrej dialect also allow the <i>pronoun
noun</i> form <b>(maH 'ev, ghaH chan),</b> but the difference
between the two forms is that the form with the pronoun emphasizes
that the pronoun is the reference point, while the form with
suffixes is more neutral. (<b>'evmaj</b><i> northwest of us,</i>
but <b>maH 'ev</b><i> northwest of *US*</i>).</p>
<p>One wonders whether <b>ghaH loDnI'</b> might carry the same
sense of emphasis (i.e., <i>*HIS* brother</i>), but so far as we
know that idea of emphasis applies only to directional nouns.</p>
<p><a href="http://klingonska.org/canon/1999-12-holqed-08-4-a.txt">http://klingonska.org/canon/1999-12-holqed-08-4-a.txt</a></p>
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