<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Feb 7, 2020 at 9:04 AM SuStel <<a href="mailto:sustel@trimboli.name">sustel@trimboli.name</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On 2/7/2020 8:23 AM, mayqel qunen'oS wrote:<br>
> If we can use asteriscs, in order to emphasize a whole word in a <br>
> klingon passage, then perhaps it would be possible, to use asteriscs <br>
> to emphasize a particular prefix/suffix.<br>
<br>
Using asterisks to emphasize is just a representation of vocally <br>
stressing syllables. Do it if you want; it's not any part of Klingon <br>
grammar.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="gmail_default">That said, there is some official commentary from Okrand regarding syllable emphasis:</div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="gmail_default"><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="gmail_default">For the possessive suffixes, however, this doesn't work. {jaghna'lI'}
means "definitely your enemy (and not your friend, etc.)." It doesn't
specifically mean "definitely your enemy (and not mine)."<br><br>
He said if you want to emphasize the possessor, just give it extra stress when saying the word: {Duj<b>lIj</b>} (or Duj<u>lIj</u> or Duj<i>lIj</i> or Duj<b><u>lIj</u></b> or DujLIJ or however you want to transcribe it -- I'm not sure whether italics and bold and all of that will show up for you).</div></blockquote><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.qephom.de/e/message_from_maltz_140624.html">https://www.qephom.de/e/message_from_maltz_140624.html</a><br></div></div></div></div></div>