19 Mar
2019
19 Mar
'19
10:28 a.m.
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". Initially, I thought of writing the obvious {silvester vIghro'}; after all we do have {baS 'In} for "metal drum". So, I thought, why not say "(the) sylvester cat" ? On the other hand though, {baS 'In} can be translated as "drum of metal". So, perhaps this would mean that {silvester vIghro'} could/would mean "(the cat of sylvester)", which is quite different from the intended "sylvester the cat" i.e. "the cat whose name is sylvester". Does anyone have any thoughts on this matter ? ~ changan qIj