On Fri, Feb 7, 2020 at 9:04 AM SuStel <sustel@trimboli.name> wrote:
On 2/7/2020 8:23 AM, mayqel qunen'oS wrote:
If we can use asteriscs, in order to emphasize a whole word in a klingon passage, then perhaps it would be possible, to use asteriscs to emphasize a particular prefix/suffix.
Using asterisks to emphasize is just a representation of vocally stressing syllables. Do it if you want; it's not any part of Klingon grammar.
That said, there is some official commentary from Okrand regarding syllable emphasis: For the possessive suffixes, however, this doesn't work. {jaghna'lI'} means
"definitely your enemy (and not your friend, etc.)." It doesn't specifically mean "definitely your enemy (and not mine)."
He said if you want to emphasize the possessor, just give it extra stress when saying the word: {Duj*lIj*} (or Duj*lIj* or Duj*lIj* or Duj*lIj* or DujLIJ or however you want to transcribe it -- I'm not sure whether italics and bold and all of that will show up for you).