[1517] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: conjunctions
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Fri Sep 10 14:44:09 1993
Reply-To: "Klingon Language List" <tlhIngan-Hol@village.boston.ma.us>
From: "David E G Sturm, Sturm & Drang Inc." <DSTURM@ducvax.auburn.edu>
To: "Klingon Language List" <tlhIngan-Hol@village.boston.ma.us>
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1993 03:40 CST
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What to do with joq? Looking at the "English" use of and/or:
A dog and/or a cat swims in the pool.
A dog and/or cats swim in the pool.
Dogs and/or cats swim in the pool.
Dogs and/or a cat swim in the pool.
That would suggest plural, but we can`t make Klingon conform to what English
appears to be.
I think the solution is to consider the N-N-joq phrase as similar to the
sentence pronoun 'e'. Since that is considered singular in number when used,
this would lead me to believe that in Klingon, the N-N-joq phrase is closest
to the sentence-as-an-object/subject idea. I would just use singular, and
expect that a Klingon would have no trouble with it.
(Of course, I might just be becoming a lifeless joqbag, or joqless lifebag...)
DavID.
