On Tue, Aug 1, 2017 at 11:01 AM, mayqel qunenoS <mihkoun@gmail.com> wrote:
SuStel:
using the plural suffix is not so much redundant as explicit
What does this mean ? Don't misunderstand me; I'm not contradicting you on this matter. I genuinely don't understand what this sentence means.
"Redundant" means it's extra information that you don't always need, but it's there if you want to use it. There are multiple ways to know whether a Klingon noun is intended as plural. If that information is already somewhere in the grammar of the sentence, adding the plural-marking suffix is redundant. It's not necessary, but it is fine to do it anyway. "Explicit" means it is made absolutely clear by using something you can point to and say "There, that's what I mean." If you don't want to leave something unstated, you can say it explicitly. -- ghunchu'wI'