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Re: Klingon grammar

From:Costentin Cornomorus <elemtilas@...>
Date:Saturday, January 3, 2004, 0:36
--- "Ph. D." <phild@...> wrote:

> Okrand's book _The Klingon Dictionary_ seems > to have the only discussion of grammar. But > it's > very basic.
Yes. It is intended as a very basic introduction to the language.
> It doesn't get into complex sentences > (relative clauses, etc.)
Chapter 6.2 addresses such.
> Dumb romanization. I assume it's to make it > look > "alien,"
Probably not. It does have a native orthography, which presumably DOES look appropriately alien for ST. :) It is also true that he does not give an explanation in the Dictionary as to why he uses the romanisation scheme he does. Padraic. ===== la cieurgeourea provoer mal trasfu ast meiyoer ke 'l andrext ben trasfu. -- Ill Bethisad -- <http://www.geocities.com/elemtilas/ill_bethisad> Come visit The World! -- <http://www.geocities.com/hawessos/> .

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