tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Jun 08 06:35:03 1994
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Klingon sentences (was: for beginners)
>From: [email protected]
>Date: Mon, 06 Jun 94 20:51:02 -0700
>) | I like ~mark's convention: {qaStaHvIS poH nI'} "While a long
>) | time happens".
>Say, how come {taH} is part of the above verb? Why couldn't
>one get away with {qaSvIS poH nI'} for the same thing? What
>does {qaSvIS poH nI'} mean if not "While a long time happens"?
I'm so badly behind on this list; I hope I'm not being too redundant.
See Section 4.2.9 of your dictionary. Page 43, at the bottom. It says
that "-vIS" is always used along with "-taH". I try to think of them as
sort of a compound suffix, "-taHvIS". OK, "-neS" could intervene, but how
common is "-neS" anyway?
>Thanks,
>--steve
~mark