[Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Affix of the Day: -mey

[SuStel]

> On Nov 11, 2015 10:58 AM, "Fatairae" <fatairae at gmail.com
> <mailto:fatairae at gmail.com>> wrote:
>> So, point I've been confused on.
>>
>> qorDu'mey : families Or, qorDu'pu' : families
>>
>> The practice lessons list "qorDu'wIj" as "my family", which
>> indicates families are considered an object or unit, rather then a
>> being capable of speaking.  I can accept that (and the interesting
>> cultural concepts it engenders), but is it right? Or, is family one
>> of those implicit plurals, and you can't express a group of
>> families directly?

On 11/11/2015 11:08 AM, Karen Alessio wrote:
> I think it is because a family is a group, which is a thing, not a
> single sentient entity...

Correct. A family does not use language, members of a family do. 
{qorDu'mey} is correct.

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