mIp'av:
they won't even tolerate an intervening {-neS} or rover.
I hadn't thought of that ! however, as far as the rovers are concerned, I wouldn't mind as much placing them after the {-vIS}. but as you cleverly pointed out, there is a problem with the placement of {-neS}. If I want to say "while you were doing me the honor of being present", then is the {bISaHtaHneSvIS} correct ? qunnoH jan puqloD SuvwI'pu'qoq Hol tughojmoHta'mo' Satlho' On Thu, Dec 22, 2016 at 9:06 PM, Ed Bailey <bellerophon.modeler@gmail.com> wrote:
On Thu, Dec 22, 2016 at 12:50 PM, mayqel qunenoS <mihkoun@gmail.com> wrote:
indeed..
while I was writing this, I knew that it would come down to "because maltz said so". but I just can't see the logic of this rule.
In-universe, this rule is descriptive, and might be stated this way because of an oversight (that the 23rd century linguist, who also happens to be named Marc Okrand, either knows that {-lI'} is occasionally used with {-vIS}, but forgot to mention it, or he hadn't listened to enough Klingon to discover this exception). Alternatively, the 23rd century linguist might be stating the rule precisely as he means to, but without further explanation that he could give, perhaps that he has discovered that Klingons' use of {-taHvIS} is so ingrained that saying *{-lI'vIS} seems wrong to them, and perhaps they won't even tolerate an intervening {-neS} or rover.
~mIp'av
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