tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Jul 01 22:38:37 2000
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Re: KLBC: -law'
- From: Alan Anderson <aranders@netusa1.net>
- Subject: Re: KLBC: -law'
- Date: Sun, 2 Jul 2000 00:00:56 -0500
- In-Reply-To: <0006290232235R.11576@weba6.iname.net>
ja' De'vID:
>What I'm trying to get at is, does the uncertainty indicated by
>/-law'/ apply to the speaker, or the person being spoken to?
TKD says that Type 6 verb suffixes "...show how sure the speaker is about
what is being said." It specifically mentions {-law'}: "This suffix
expresses any uncertainty on the speaker's part..."
-- ghunchu'wI' 'utlh
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