Felix' comparison with English conjugations is apt. It sounds dumb and is harder to understand if you don't use the correct prefix. If you want to leave something out, you could drop the plural suffix: Doch lulegh ghot. From the prefix it's obvious that the subject will be plural, so it's not necessary to make it explicit. - Qov
-----Original Message----- From: tlhIngan-Hol [mailto:tlhingan-hol-bounces@lists.kli.org] On Behalf Of Felix Malmenbeck Sent: July 2, 2016 14:01 To: tlhIngan Hol mailing list Subject: Re: [tlhIngan Hol] Pronominal prefixes compulsory?
You can see the subject is a group and the object is a single thing, so is the prefix required at all?
Yup. The rule of rom (KGT p.173) requires that prefixes agree with the subject and object.
This is quite similar to English, where the verb must agree with the subject. You can say "She speaks Klingon." and "They speak Klingon.", but not "She speak Klingon." and "They speaks Klingon."
Now, the lu- suffix *is* sometimes dropped by speakers, but this is still considered an error, so it's not something I recommend.
________________________________________ From: tlhIngan-Hol <tlhingan-hol-bounces@lists.kli.org> on behalf of Jeremy Silver <j.silver@mupwi.demon.co.uk> Sent: Saturday, July 2, 2016 22:19 To: tlhIngan Hol mailing list Subject: [tlhIngan Hol] Pronominal prefixes compulsory?
Quick question for the po'wI'pu', if I have a sentence where both subject and object is explicitly stated, like:
Doch lulegh ghotpu'.
You can see the subject is a group and the object is a single thing, so is the prefix required at all?
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