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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 9/22/2021 9:48 AM,
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:luis.chaparro@web.de">luis.chaparro@web.de</a> wrote:<br>
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">Any help is welcome, thank you for taking the time to reply!
1. Are there other canonical sources about stress than the ones we can find in TKD? I've been using the explanation from the Klingonska Akademien (<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://klingonska.org/piqad/#stress">http://klingonska.org/piqad/#stress</a>), which contains *a bit* more information than TKD. Is this the commonly accepted way to stress words in Klingon?</pre>
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<p>Klingonska Akademien claims to be restating the rules of TKD.
What we get in TKD is, so far as I know, the only source of rules
for stress in Klingon, and they're often violated when pronounced
by Okrand and actors. A lot of people don't pay close attention to
stress.</p>
<p>If you follow the rules given, no one will complain. Few people
will complain if you deviate from the rules, because we just don't
know enough to say otherwise.</p>
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">2. Are these sentences correct?
*ghItlhwI' 'op paq* (Some books of the writer/s)
*'op ghItlhwI' paq* (The book/s of some writers)
The second one *cannot* mean *Some books of the writer/s*, right? And the same goes for other similar nouns like *Hoch*, doesn't it?</pre>
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<p>We don't know that. The exact rules for modifiers of noun-noun
constructions, if there are any exact rules, are not clear.</p>
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">3. Are ellipses like this one allowed in Klingon?: *wa'Hu' chab vISoppu', DaHjaj naH*. Or must I repeat *vISoppu'*?</pre>
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<p>We don't have a lot of guidance regarding sentence fragments.
What I will say is that, colloquially, Klingons seem to use them a
lot. I have no problem with your suggestion, provided it's clearly
said in a colloquial setting. Don't try that sort of thing where
formality would be preferred.<br>
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">4. When joining nouns with Type-5 suffixes by conjunctions, the suffixes must be repeated, right?: *be'vaD loDvaD je*, *raSDaq quSDaq ghap* etc. Is there any canonical explanation about it?
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<p>Yes, each noun must have the suffix. It has been done in canon —
for instance, the copyright on Skybox Cards: <b>Paramount
Pictures malja' permey bIH Star Trek pong'e' </b><b>Deghmey'e'
je.</b> Explanation? I don't think it has been formally
explained to us, but the reason seems clear to me: each noun
(phrase) being conjoined is separately a location, topic, cause,
etc., and so must be separately marked.<br>
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