[Tlhingan-hol] Hint snad Tips: OVS

[John R. Harness]

That's interesting. I had somehow gotten it into my head that it was a
Qanqor-ism, and didn't know about the disparaging overtone (at least in its
origin). Now I know!

Did my misunderstanding come about because of hearing about an article that
Qanqor may have written for HolQeD at some point?

'arHa




>
> Since the only first- and second-person words are pronouns, only
> pronouns can be elided with the prefix trick.
>
> By the way, I'm the one who coined the phrase "prefix trick" as a
> disparagement of the rule, as I felt it was just a way to "English" some
> Klingon grammar, and to backfit some mistakes caused by an overreliance
> on English grammar. It probably was. But I understand better now that a
> Klingon object doesn't necessarily equate to an English direct object.
> Fortunately, the term isn't TOO disparaging to continue to use.
>
> --
> SuStel
> http://trimboli.name
>
>
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