tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Apr 05 07:22:08 2006
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Re: pe'vIl jev
- From: Terrence Donnelly <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: pe'vIl jev
- Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2006 07:21:53 -0700 (PDT)
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Huh. Who knew? pab vIqawHa'law'.
-- ter'eS
--- Tad Stauffer <[email protected]> wrote:
> [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
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