[Tlhingan-hol] 2 nouns in apposition

[Rohan Fenwick]

ghItlhpu' QISta' ghojchoHwI', jatlh:
> -QISta', ghojchoHwI'
> PS Speaking of nouns in apposition, I'm trying to say "Krista who is
> one-who-begins-to-learn", would that be as above, or without the comma,
> or with the words switched, or what?

As SuStel has noted, we really don't have a lot of canon that uses what we'd think of as a full range of punctuation (or punctuation at all), so how you use your punctuation is really a matter of what you think will help your Klingon to make the most sense. Using a comma here is absolutely fine and not using it would also be absolutely fine.

In terms of the word order, again, as SuStel has said, it's perfect. Personally, I think of such appositions as being parallel to titles in Klingon more generally: {cheng Sa'} "General Chang", {ghawran Qang} "Chancellor Gowron", {tlha'a HoD} "Captain Klaa".

(Or {HoD Qanqor HoD}... but that's another story!)

QeS 'utlh
 		 	   		  
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