On 11/29/2016 6:37 AM, mayqel qunenoS wrote:
demons appear, the scared human asks "what are you ?" and the demons reply "demons for some, angels for others".
Suppose I write the above in klingon:
nargh qa'pu' Hurgh, 'ej ghel Human'e' lughIjbogh: nuq tlhIH. jang qa'pu' Hurgh: 'opvaD qa'pu' Hurgh, latlhpu'vaD angels
If you're calling demons *qa' Hurgh,* why aren't angels *qa' wov*?
1. at the {ghel Human'e' lughIjbogh} I think the {-'e'} isn't necessary. Am I correct ?
Yes, it is not required or, in this case, even helpful. We do not believe that an elided noun or pronoun can be the head noun of a relative clause. (Exception: a sound file on the /Star Trek: Klingon/ game has Okrand saying *Dajatlhbogh vIyajbe',* which seems to do exactly this. The sound file was not used in the language lab, so we don't know if it's meant to be a complete sentence.)
2. at the {'opvaD qa'pu' Hurgh} is the {'opvaD} on its own acceptable, or is it absolutely necessary to write something like {'op HumanvaD}
Acceptable. I don't see any reason why "some what?" wouldn't be obvious.
3. and most important: since at the above story the context is clear, is it correct for the demons' reply to be just {'op HumanvaD qa'pu' Hurgh} "demons for some", or is it necessary to write {'op HumanvaD qa'pu' Hurgh maH} ?
In a formal grammatical sentence, you need a verb. If I understood you to be using grammatical shortcuts, I'd be lenient.
4. If I remember correctly, some time ago we had said that {'oppu}/{'opmey} is wrong, right ?
I don't know if they're actually wrong, but they don't make a lot of sense to me. -- SuStel http://trimboli.name