tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu May 29 20:07:17 2014
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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] -nIS : whose volition?
On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 10:36 PM, Robyn Stewart <[email protected]> wrote:
> When I say volition I am quoting TKD 4.2.2. I will further quote: “suffixes
> of this type express how much choice the subject has about the action
> described or how predisposed the subject is to doing it.”
With the "how much choice" explanation, what is labeled generally as
volition isn't necessarily about agency. {-nIS} can be seen as
implying the absence of volition. Need and want are thus completely
separate ideas, and {mernIS bach} might be translated "the shot is
required to surprise". What the shot wants is irrelevant; it has no
choice.
I have no issues with such usage.
-- ghunchu'wI'
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