On 3/26/2019 11:24 AM, nIqolay Q wrote:
On Mon, Mar 25, 2019 at 9:23 AM SuStel <sustel@trimboli.name <mailto:sustel@trimboli.name>> wrote:
No, but I didn't say he can't say his sentence because Klingon pronouns can't be used without an antecedent. Indeed, I didn't say he can't say that sentence. He was pushing the boundary of what was acceptable, because he claimed his proposed pronoun *'oH* was referring to an antecedent *ngoDvam* that wasn't present in the sentence, but what he was doing was functionally equivalent to using *'e'* as a subject, which definitely /isn't/ allowed.
If you have to say it this way, just state *ngoDvam* outright and you'll have a much stronger sentence.
I'm not sure Klingon is quite so strict.
I'm not being strict. I've said more than once now that it's grammatical, but not necessarily the best sentence you can make. mayqel asked if he could say something, and I said yes, but you may want to consider such-and-such. -- SuStel http://trimboli.name