tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon May 04 21:19:11 1998
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Re: KLBC - pronouns and verb suffixes
- From: Qov <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLBC - pronouns and verb suffixes
- Date: Mon, 04 May 1998 21:16:14 -0700
At 05:46 98-05-01 -0700, Ken N. wrote:
}Thank you for your explanation however you said
}" You know you didn't miss it in TKD, because you just provided an example
}below"
}
}FYI the quote I used can from someone else a while back and while reviewing
}it I used those examples here. He probably did get them from the TKD but I
}didn't realize it. My misstate. My apologies for not knowing his source.
qay'be'. I should have realized that you could have got it from another
source. There are a lot of things you can read several times in TKD before
you notice, because you are concentrating on a different idea in the same
sentence.
}To answer your question I believe it would be
}tlhIngan jIHbe'
qarchu'. You now know what evaded me until after I joined the KLI.
}What about adverbs. I believe that -be' and -qu' may be used. I am not sure
}about -Ha'.
Actually, the only suffix we know that can be used used on adverbs is
{-Ha'}, and even that can't be used on all adverbs. According to Okrand
some adverbs "sound right" with {-Ha'} and some don't. I'm sure someone
will (P.S - I see someone already has taken the inititive to ...) follow up
with the quote and some examples of adverbs with {-Ha'}. Don't use {-be'}
or {-qu'} on adverbs. We have no reason to believe it's correct.
On the off chance that you meant "adjective" not "adverb" in that question,
I'll answer that, too. Section 4.4 says that verbs used to modify nouns,
i.e. used adjectivally, cannot have any verb suffix other than {-qu'}.
However, we have counterexamples showing that {-be'} and {-Ha'} are also
allowed on stative verbs acting adjectivally.
}"Truth comes more readily from error than confusion."
} Francis Bacon
qechvetlh vItIv. teHlaw'.
Qov [email protected]
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