On 22 June 2016 at 17:42, mayqel qunenoS <mihkoun@gmail.com> wrote:
ok, as I understand this to be, these are the rules :
While they correctly describe what's going on, they are not "the" rules (in the sense that they are the rules given in TKD and subsequent writings by Okrand). You're inventing a different way to describe the output of rules we already have. These are "the rules": 1. {'Iv} and {nuq} can take the place of the answer in a question sentence. (TKD 6.4) 2. {'Iv} and {nuq} can act like pronouns. (msn newsgroup message 1996-12-12: http://klingonska.org/canon/1996-12-12b-news.txt) 3. Clipped Klingon: some elements of a sentence may be left out in some situations. Regarding #3, based on canon, when the sentence is {nuq[Daq] 'oH X'e'}, clipped Klingon allows {nuq[Daq] X}. I'm not sure if this can be generalised to {'Iv}, but it seems reasonable and I would accept it. -- De'vID