tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Nov 19 08:54:35 1996
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RE: KLBC: Quotes
- From: "d'Armond Speers" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: KLBC: Quotes
- Date: Tue, 19 Nov 1996 11:56:37 -0500
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> HoSmaj ghurmoH nuHoHbe'wI'.
>
> Do we know for sure that a verb can't take a pronominal prefix and {-wI'}
at the
> same time?
I don't think we have any evidence that shows that we *can*, but there's
also no rule that says we *can't*. But I tend to avoid this construction.
It's like the difference between "my killer" and "the me-killer".
muHoHwI' "me-killer"
HoHwI'wI' "my killer"
The first one emphasizes the individual, the second the action. Here's
another example. We go to the opera, and I ask you what you though of the
tenor. Would you say "I liked him singing" or "I liked his singing"? The
first is like using a prefix on the verb, and the second like using the
normal possessive constructions. (Though the gerund examples are harder to
show what I mean clearly in Klingon). We're not talking about the
individual, we're talking about the action.
So, I've always disliked prefixes on /-wI'/'d verbs.
> T'Lark
--Holtej
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