tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Dec 28 21:29:35 2000
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Grammar Highlight Each Day (-'a' and -Hom)
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- Subject: Grammar Highlight Each Day (-'a' and -Hom)
- Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 00:29:16 EST
Disclaimer: This is only a highlight referring to augmentative/dimunitive
suffixes. It is not an exhaustive teaching tool.
The basic noun {nagh} means "stone, rock." {nagh'a'} may be translated as
"boulder." While this is a large stone, {nagh tIn} is the proper way to
perceive "large stone," a noun modified by an adjective. {nagh'a'} on the
other hand means a major, eminent, prominent stone. In contrast, {naghHom}
may be translated as "pebble." And, the proper way to say small stone is
{nagh mach}.
Another example is: loD = man; loD'a' might translate as "giant"; loDHom =
boy.
Another example is: bIQ = water; bIQ'a' = ocean; bIQHom might be "pond."
BTW, Klingon has a word for "lake," {ngeng}.
Another example is: SuS = wind; SuS'a' = gale; SuSHom = wisp.
Do not confuse these two type 1 noun suffixes with the adjectives {tIn} and
{mach}.
peHruS QInnor puqloD, valtev tuq