tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Jun 28 16:13:44 1996

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Re: warn




>> In TKD "warn" is said to be a noun. Is this a misprint? 
>> How can you use "warn" as a noun?

> No it is not a misprint...afterall, you do warn people about things.  For the 
> noun, you must mean "warning".  You can use the nominalizer verb suffix 
> {-ghach}.  Check out TKD pg.176 for more info...

What are you talking about?

Of course it is a misprint.  "Warn" is obviously a verb, and in tlhIngan Hol
is {ghuHmoH}, which means "cause to be alert".

And using {-ghach} on it will probably not mean "warning", but something more
like "the causing of alertedness".

Qapla'

voqHa'wI'
    ______ __  __ ______ ______ ______
   /_____//_/ / //___  //___  //_____/
  __     ____/ /____/ /__  / /  __
 / /___ / __  // __  // /_/ /___\ \  Hoch yIghuH
/_____//_/ /_//_/ /_//_____//_____/  wej vIt tu'lu'mo'



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