There's another example of apposition that the Klingon wiki doesn't mention. http://klingonska.org/canon/1996-sbx-s26.txt *DuraS tuq tlhIngan yejquv patlh luDub 'e' reH lunIDtaH DuraS be'nI'pu' lurSa' be'etor je.* *The sisters of the House of Duras, Lursa and B'Etor are constantly seeking a higher standing for the House of Duras within the Klingon High Council.* (I underlined the apposition. Also, the sentence begins with a N-N-N-N-N construction. This has nothing to do with the topic, but I find it delightful.) I suppose if you were worried about it being interpreted as a usual N-N construction, you could set off part of it with commas: *sIlveSter, vIghro'.* But if the context is clear that it's "Sylvester the cat" and not "Sylvester's cat", you'll probably be fine. On Tue, Mar 19, 2019 at 10:45 AM Lieven L. Litaer <levinius@gmx.de> wrote:
Am 19.03.2019 um 15:28 schrieb mayqel qunen'oS:
In english we say "sylvester the cat".
Is it possible to say this in a similar short phrase in klingon ? I mean, without writing something as "the name of the cat is sylvester".
That's not a new topic: The problem is called apposition. Read the Klingon Wiki for details: http://www.klingonwiki.net/En/Apposition
-- Lieven L. Litaer aka the "Klingon Teacher from Germany" http://www.klingonisch.de
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