[101781] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Piraha
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (SuStel)
Sun Nov 1 10:23:21 2015
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
From: SuStel <sustel@trimboli.name>
Date: Sun, 1 Nov 2015 10:21:56 -0500
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On 11/1/2015 5:49 AM, qunnoQ HoD wrote:
> 1. a basic rule in Klingon is one main verb per sentence
Not exactly. The difference between a sentence and a verbal clause in =
Klingon is largely nonexistent. A verbal clause follows all the rules =
that are listed as applying to sentences. Furthermore, the =
sentence-as-object construction lets you have one complete sentence be =
the object of another complete sentence. And some sentences don't have a =
main verb at all.
> 2. in Klingon we can't apply multiple adverbs to a single verb
No, I don't think we know that.
> 3. in Klingon we can't apply adverbs to adjectives
Yes, we can't apply adverbials to verbs acting adjectivally. I use that =
terminology because Klingon doesn't technically have adverbs or adjectives.
> 4. in Klingon we tend to think we can=92t use two adverbs for a single
> verb, and if we have two adjectives, we should use at least one of them
> as a relative clause, just to avoid stringing them along,confusing people
We don't have any evidence I can think of that lets us use two =
adjectival verbs on a single noun.
I prefer to make BOTH qualities into relative clauses, for symmetry. =
E.g., {HoSbogh tlhIngan 'ej 'IHbogh} "strong and beautiful Klingon."
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SuStel
http://www.trimboli.name/
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