[3818] in tlhIngan-Hol
declensions
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Mon Mar 14 17:29:17 1994
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From: Captain Krankor <krankor@codex.prds.cdx.mot.com>
To: "Klingon Language List" <tlhIngan-Hol@klingon.East.Sun.COM>
Date: Mon, 14 Mar 94 15:19:01 -0700
Guido#1vo':
>It's "declensions". And, yes, that would be quite a chore if Klingon divided
>it's words into them. But I think (I'm not certain, so I'm willing to be
>corrected) that agglutinating languages that tack on several affixes at a
>time wouldn't do things like that. It would just get too complicated.
>Declensions are used in inflectional languages like Latin.
Ok, for those of us unfamiliar with it, just what are "declensions"?
I tend to doubt that I'm the only one here who doesn't know,
although maybe I'm the only one who wants to know, so if the
explanation is long and involved, perhaps e-mail is more appropriate.
krankor@codex.prds.cdx.mot.com
