[Tlhingan-hol] Captain Qov versus Qov's captain

[Robyn Stewart]

Given enough context, Qov HoD could be understood to represent any captain associated with Qov, but without context most people will take it to be Captain Qov, because SHE is a captain. 

be' ghaH Qov'e'. 
HoD ghaH Qov'e'. 

- Qov

> On Oct 15, 2015, at 9:20, Anthony Appleyard <a.appleyard at btinternet.com> wrote:
> 
> To return to the apparent ambiguity between {Qov HoD} meaning:-
> (1) Qov's captain, if he is lower in rank than a captain.
> (2) Captain Qov, if he is a captain
> 
> Can {Qov HoD} also mean "the captain of the ship that Qov is riding on"?, if Qov is higher rank than a captain (e.g. Qov is an admiral or a king).
> 
> {Qov 'oHbogh HoD} would mean "the captain, who is Qov", and would mean specifically (2).
> 
> Presumably rank names are in a special class and can be used in apposition as in {Qov HoD}.
> 
> In the Turkic languages, as in Klingon, "my", "you", etc are suffixes added to a noun, e.g. Turkish
> [camı] = "mosque", [camısı] = "his mosque". And in Turkish, [Mehmet camısı] = "Mehmet his mosque" = "Mehmet's mosque".
> (Compare former literary British English spellings such as "St.James his park" for "St.James's park".)
> 
> Thus {Qov HoDDaj} = "Qov, his captain" may specifically mean "Qov's captain", but would be non-Okrandian.
> 
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