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-be'lu' vs. -lu'be'
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- Subject: -be'lu' vs. -lu'be'
- Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2004 07:37:12 EDT
Here are the examples I found in canon of {-be'lu'} (8 occurrences) vs.
{-lu'be'} (1 occurrence). I suspect that {-be'lu'} is more common because it more
clearly negates the verb it is attached to, whereas in {-lu'be'}, the {-be'}
may be negating the bare suffix {-lu'}, which doesn't make much sense to me,
or it could be negating the whole verb complex (including {-lu'}) that precedes
the {-be'}.
8 Examples of {-be'lu'}:
[klingon male] "May your coordinates be free of tribbles." =
[marc okrand] {QuvlIjDaq yIH tu'be'lu'jaj.} (PK)
beside a passage to | unknown regions of the universe, =
'u' SepmeyDaq | Sovbe'lu'bogh lenglu'meH He (S99)
There is no honor in attacking the weak. =
pujwI' HIvlu'chugh quvbe'lu'. (TKW p. 24)
One need not enjoy virtue. =
ghob tIvnISbe'lu'. (TKW p. 48)
Here {-be'} is negating {-nIS}.
One does not achieve honor while acting dishonorably. =
batlhHa' vanglu'taHvIS quv chavbe'lu'. (TKW p. 55)
Death is an experience best shared. =
Heghlu'DI' mobbe'lu'chugh QaQqu' Hegh wanI'. (TKW p. 73)
No pain, no gain. =
'oy'be'lu'chugh Qapbe'lu'. (TKW p. 175)
Destroying an empire to win a war is no victory, and ending a battle to save
an empire is no defeat. =
noH QapmeH wo' Qaw'lu'chugh yay chavbe'lu' 'ej wo' choqmeH may' DoHlu'chugh
lujbe'lu'. (TKW p. 211)
1 Example of {-lu'be'}:
There are no old warriors. =
SuvwI'pu' qan tu'lu'be'. (TKW p. 29)
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