[3663] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: Noun-Noun Construction
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Tue Mar 8 01:48:51 1994
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From: dls9@aol.com
To: "Klingon Language List" <tlhIngan-Hol@klingon.East.Sun.COM>
Date: Tue, 08 Mar 94 01:40:17 EST
> Certainly, verbs like {QuchHa'}, {lo'laH}, {lo'laHbe'}, {jubbe'}, and I
>FOUND IT {HeghmoH} should all be acceptable in use as >adjectives, so long
as
>there is no Type 5 noun suffix involved. Do I hear the whistle of >incoming
>missiles? {{:)>
>
>charghwI'
NO no no no no no no no no!!! If you use {HeghmoH} as an adjective, it's
ambiguous. {tar HeghmoH} does NOT mean "fatal poison," it means "He/She
causes the poison to die" which is a fatal thing to say to a Klingon. Unless
of course you wished to complement him/her on his/her great tolerance to some
ingested toxin.
{tar tlhutlh rIntaH ghaH 'ej ghaH HeghmoHbe' 'oH
'oH HeghmoHqu' ghaH}
Guido#1, Leader of All Guidos
