[Tlhingan-hol] {rap} in "Frasier's Klingon"

Ruben Molina rmolina at gmail.com
Sun May 5 15:38:39 PDT 2013


On Sun, May 5, 2013 at 5:04 PM, Alan Anderson <qunchuy at alcaco.net> wrote:
> On Sun, May 5, 2013 at 5:00 PM, Ruben Molina <rmolina at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> In "Interview with Marc Okrand" (HolQeD 7:4) [1] it says "both things
>> have to be subject" when using {rap} ("be the same").  So, I should
>> say {rap A B je}
>> for "A and B are the same".
>>
>> But in "Frasier's Klingon" (HolQeD 11:4) [2] it seems to be working in a
>> different way.
>
>
> The word {rap} as used in the _Star Mitzvah_ speech isn't actually the verb
> in the sentence. It follows a noun and acts in an adjectival sense: {bel
> rap} "same pleasure".
>

Now it makes sense. Thank you!
ru'ben



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