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Re: [tlhIngan Hol] Nouns in apposition
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lieven)
Thu Sep 21 04:11:46 2017
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Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2017 10:04:03 +0200
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Am 21.09.2017 um 09:55 schrieb Anthony Appleyard:
> If in speech there is a special tone to show when {X Y} means "Y which is X" and not "Y of X", it may (ask Okrand) be an idea to put a mark between the words to show this in writing, as in the book name "paq'batlh".
First, the apostrophe in {paq'batlh} is an archaic form of writing and
is wrong according to today's rules. The book of honor is {batlh paq}
To distinguish by speaking aloud, I wouldstress the word like this:
{pIqarD HOOD} "picard's captain"
{PIQARD HoD} "Captain Picard"
But you want this in a written form.
Since Klingon was intended as a spoken language only in the first place,
I doubt we would get a satisfyaing answer to this.
I suggest resolving such ambiguouties by adding some context:
DaHjaj muSuch HoDwI'. pIqarD 'oH pongDaj'e'. reH pIqarD HoD vIghom 'e'
vItIv.
DaHjaj muSuch pIqarD HoD. ghawran 'oH pongDaj'e'. pIqarD ra' 'e' tIv
ghawran HoD.
etc.
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Lieven L. Litaer
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