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Re: a question of wildlife and syntax

MorphemeAddict ([email protected])

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• Subject: Re: a question of wildlife and syntax
• Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2006 07:17:08 EST

In a message dated 11/6/2006 8:30:09 PM Central Standard Time, 
[email protected] writes:

> ja' be''etlh:
> > What is the bird closest to a vulture,...
> 
> I'd pick {notqa'}, if only because it's big and black.
> 
> > Also, is there any way of forming abstract nouns out of verbs (to  
> > die-death,
> > to suffer-suffering, etc.)
> 
> That's basically what {-ghach} does, though I usually prefer to think  
> of it as making gerunds.
> 


But there's no equivalent of the English suffixes "-ness" or "-ity", e.g.
As ghunchu'wI' pointed out, there are a few words in Klingon with this sort 
of abstract quality noun meaning, but it's haphazard and not productive.

lay'tel SIvten

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