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Re: Meta-discussions in Klingon!

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Tue May 26 15:33:30 1992

Errors-To: tlhIngan-Hol-request@village.boston.ma.us
Reply-To: "Klingon Language List" <tlhIngan-Hol@village.boston.ma.us>
From: Ken_Beesley.PARC@xerox.com
To: "Klingon Language List" <tlhIngan-Hol@village.boston.ma.us>
Cc: jrk@sys.uea.ac.uk
Date: Tue, 26 May 1992 11:00:00 PDT
In-Reply-To: "jrk@information-systems.east-anglia.ac:uk:Xerox's message of 23 M


Dear Mr. Kennaway,

I ran the words from your recent messages through my morphology program and got
the following results.  Of course, the program might be in error.  Comments
welcome from all corners.

jach rIq mIlr:

jach
  +jach     [ they [-obj?] {VI} scream/cry_out/shout/yell ]
  *jach     [ she/he/it [-obj?] {VI} scream/cry_out/shout/yell ]
  6jach     [ [bare/clipped] {VI} scream/cry_out/shout/yell ]

rIq
  *** NONE ***

mIlr
  *** NONE ***


He chenmoH yItwI''e'.

He
  He     [ course/route ]

chenmoH
  +chen-moH]     [ they [-obj?] {V} build_up/take_form {VS4} causative ]
  -chen-moH]     [ she/he/it-him/her/it/them {V} build_up/take_form {VS4}
causative ]
  *chen-moH]     [ she/he/it [-obj?] {V} build_up/take_form {VS4} causative ]
  6chen-moH]     [ [bare/clipped] {V} build_up/take_form {VS4} causative ]
  chen-moH]     [ they-them {V} build_up/take_form {VS4} causative ]

yItwI''e'
  6yIt-wI')-'e'     [ [bare/clipped] {VI} walk {VS9} -er {NS5} [topic] ]


'e' yIDa!

'e'
  'e'     [ {Pron.} that[prev. topic] ]

yIDa
  yI5-Da     [ [imperative] you(sg/pl)-him/her/it {V} behave_as/act_like ]
  yI5*Da     [ [imperative] you(sing) {V} behave_as/act_like ]

Best wishes,
Ken Beesley
beesley.parc@xerox.com

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