[Tlhingan-hol] Piraha

[qunnoQ HoD]

interesting.. so as I understand from the above I must add to my {tlhIngan
Hol pearls} list the following..

1. a basic rule in Klingon is one main verb per sentence
2. in Klingon we can't apply multiple adverbs to a single verb
3. in Klingon we can't apply adverbs to adjectives
4. in Klingon we tend to think we can’t use two adverbs for a single verb,
and if we have two adjectives, we should use at least one of them as a
relative clause, just to avoid stringing them along,confusing people

please lojmIt tI’wI’ nuv ‘utlh if I understood any of the above wrong
correct me..

On Sat, Oct 31, 2015 at 10:35 PM, lojmIt tI'wI' nuv 'utlh <
lojmitti7wi7nuv at gmail.com> wrote:

> Many Klingonists are also computer programmers. Recursion means something
> quite different to them, though I can see the relationship. In software,
> recursion means that you take the output from a block of code
> (instructions) and use it for input for that same block of code. Fractal
> graphics, which were all the rage a decade or so ago are the result of
> recursive functions. Encryption algorithms heavily rely on recursive
> functions.
>
> In Klingon, the guideline is simple: One main verb. Maybe use a
> conjunction to come up with two main verbs, though that’s really two
> sentences stuck together.
>
> [Apologies in advance to qunnoQ HoD)
>
> In English, you can write a very long, run-on sentence without really
> using a conjunction because there are so many different varieties of helper
> words that can tie yet another major idea on to the stream that you have
> already started and such a wide variety of types of dependent clauses,
> without the restriction of the brief list of Type 9 verb suffixes in
> Klingon, plus there definitely is absolutely no question as to whether or
> not it is proper to use multiple adverbs applied to a single verb, plus the
> ability to apply suitably appropriate adverbs to adjectives (a construction
> that doesn’t exist in Klingon), and you can use many descriptive, colorful,
> situationally specific adjectives to describe each noun without any
> abnormal sense of complication, unlike in Klingon where we tend to think we
> can’t use two adverbs for a single verb, and if we have two adjectives, we
> should use at least one of them as a relative clause, just to avoid
> stringing them along, confusing people, since sometimes in Klingon a word
> might be ambiguous as to whether it is a noun or verb, unless it has an
> affix that would identify it as such, and that ambiguity could be
> particularly confusing in a long string of root words in a phrase.
>
> In Klingon, even if we had the vocabulary to say that last run-on
> sentence, we’d be wise to break it down into many sentences. I also agree
> with qunnoQ that it’s similarly wise to do so in English. Just because I
> can do it, doesn’t make it a good idea...
>
> lojmIt tI’wI’ nuv ‘utlh
> Door Repair Guy, Retired Honorably
>
>
>
> On Oct 31, 2015, at 4:09 PM, qunnoQ HoD <mihkoun at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirah%C3%A3_language
>
> ok.I just saw it ! and this article makes reference too,to the name of the
> attribute the documentary was talking about. It is called recursion !
>
> On Sat, Oct 31, 2015 at 10:00 PM, Anthony Appleyard <
> a.appleyard at btinternet.com> wrote:
>
>> See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirah%C3%A3_language
>>
>> ----Original message----
>> From : mihkoun at gmail.com
>> Date : 31/10/2015 - 18:40 (GMTST)
>> To : tlhingan-hol at kli.org
>> Subject : [Tlhingan-hol] Piraha
>> ...
>>
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