tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu May 08 02:34:30 2003
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Re: Opposite of -wI'
- From: "Se'noj le'umaS" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Opposite of -wI'
- Date: Thu, 08 May 2003 13:29:46 +0600
>>We know that -wI' on a verb makes it a noun for the SUBJECT of the verb,
>>but
>>is there one for the OBJECT of it? that would come in handy...
>I wasn't aware of the distinction. I thought that adding -wI' to a verb
>was like adding -er to our
>nouns. Nothing more. I never use -wI' just to turn a verb into a noun.
>If I must, though, I use
>-ghach which nominilizes the verb. That's my two cents, anyway.
-er is the subject noun suffix. -ee is the object noun suffix. so bachwI' is
the shooter and bach??? is the person/thing that is shot.
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