tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Apr 05 05:13:17 2006
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Re: pe'vIl jev
- From: Tad Stauffer <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: pe'vIl jev
- Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2006 08:17:16 -0400
[email protected] writes:
> > > nomqu'?
> >
> > A few suffixes can be added to some adverbials, such
> > as {-qu'}, {-be'}, {-Ha'}. {nom} "quickly" + {-qu'} =
> > "very quickly".
lay'tel SIvten:
>I could find only five adverbials that seem to have a suffix, and they all
>have {-Ha'}:
>batlhHa' - KGT p211; TKW p55, 139
>Do'Ha' - ST3, KGT p214; TKD pp 1, 35, 48, 171
>ghaytanHa' - New Word List (main) [Radio Times]
>nItebHa' - New Word List (main) [Bird of Prey poster]
>pIjHa' - KGT p223
>
>mu'mey chu' lIngbe' mojaq rurbogh mu' 'a'vam net Sovlaw'.
>
>[I thought the consensus was that even though this looks like a suffix, it is
>not productive.]
In HolQeD Volume 4, Number 4, bottom of page 11, Okrand mentions using
{-Ha'} on (some) adverbials. So if you said {nomHa'}, it might be
acceptable, but I would wonder why you didn't just use {QIt}. It also
mentions that Maltz thought *{vajHa'} sounded weird.
However, I don't think we've ever seen {-be'}, {-qu'}, or any other verb
suffixes on adverbials. The only exception I can think of would be {Do'be'}
or {Do'qu'}, but in those cases that would be the verb {Do'} "be lucky" and
not the adverbial {Do'} "luckily, fortunately".
If you want to say something like "It was moving really quickly", I think
{nom vIHqu'} works adequately.
- taD