On 1/22/2020 8:02 AM, mayqel qunen'oS wrote:
Suppose I write:

{ghaH loDnI'} with the interned meaning "the brother of him".

Would it be correct ?

With the exception of locative and directional nouns, the answer is no, you can't do this. You need to use loDnI'wI'.

With locative nouns (tlhop, Dung, retlh, etc.) you use the form pronoun noun, such as jIH tlhop area in front of me and tlhIH Dung area above you (plural). Speakers from the Sakrej region of Kronos are different and use possessive suffixes for these (tlhopwIj; Dungraj).

The directional nouns use suffixes in all dialects ('evmaj northwest of us, chanDaj east of him/her/it). All dialects except the Sakrej dialect also allow the pronoun noun form (maH 'ev, ghaH chan), but the difference between the two forms is that the form with the pronoun emphasizes that the pronoun is the reference point, while the form with suffixes is more neutral. ('evmaj northwest of us, but maH 'ev northwest of *US*).

One wonders whether ghaH loDnI' might carry the same sense of emphasis (i.e., *HIS* brother), but so far as we know that idea of emphasis applies only to directional nouns.

http://klingonska.org/canon/1999-12-holqed-08-4-a.txt

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