On 9/16/2021 3:38 PM, Lieven L. Litaer wrote:
To find more on what we know on apposition, see the page on the wiki: http://klingon.wiki/En/Apposition
I see that you have /just/ edited that page, so I'm not going to try any edits now, but the entire section there about "appositions on *-wI'* nouns" is wrong. It claims that phrases like *DIr QanwI' taS, wab labwI' jan,* and *QaDmoHwI' DIr* are examples of apposition because they clarify what kind of thing the *-wI'* noun is. That is not what apposition is. Apposition is when two proximate noun phrases provide /independent/ descriptions or names of a thing. *DIr QanwI' taS* does not mean /a skin protector, a solution;/ it means /a solution of the skin-protector type./ That is genitive and Klingon indicates the genitive through the noun-noun construction. It isn't apposition. *DIr QanwI' taS, wab labwI' jan,* and *QaDmoHwI' DIr* are all examples of the genitive noun-noun construction. -- SuStel http://trimboli.name