[86477] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: Doctoral project on the Klingon language
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (qurgh lungqIj)
Wed Sep 2 09:39:21 2009
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From: qurgh lungqIj <qurgh@wizage.net>
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2009 09:35:24 -0400
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
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Reply-to: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 3:23 PM, Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu> wrote:
> Unfortunately {-laH} and {-lu'} are both Type 5 suffixes and can't be used
> together. There are, of course, the "totally artificial, made-up suffixes"
> {-luH} or {-la'} (described in TKD p.181) but, as Okrand warns:
>
> No one accepts such constructions as grammatical; their
> inappropriateness, the way they grate on the Klingon ear,
> is exactly what gives them elocutionary clout. A visitor
> may hear one of these odd suffixes occasionally, but, as
> with other intentionally ungrammatical forms, it is best
> to avoid using them until one is extremely comfortable
> with the nuances of Klingon style. [TKD 181]
>
>
KGT DaghItlh 'e' DaHech, qar'a'?
My TKD has Indirect Objects on page 181...
qurgh
