tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Sep 02 07:10:39 2014
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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] suffices on verb-adjectives
qheyIl:
> TKD is quite prescriptive in the use of suffices on verbal adjectives (TKD 4.4):
> vsR {-qu'} can be added as an intensifier - {Dujmey tInqu'} (very big ships)
> ns5 {-Daq} is added to the verbal adjective when it is called for on the noun
> - {veng tInqu'Daq} (in the very big city)
> Have we received any additional information about such suffices?
> I'm thinking specifically of {-be'} which would seem to be a very logical usage
> where a verb-adjective with an opposite-meaning does not exist - {wep Doqbe'}
> (the not-red jacket). Or do we stick with the more traditional {Doqbe'bogh wep}?
A quick scan of my notes finds these examples of the Rover {-be'} on qualities:
wa'maH yIHmey lI'be'
ten useless tribbles. PK
tera'ngan motlhbe' SoH
You are an unusual Terran. PK
'utbe' bel
Pleasure is nonessential. TKW
leghlaHchu'be'chugh mIn lo'laHbe' taj jej
A sharp knife is nothing without a sharp eye. TKW
nI'be' yInmaj 'ach wovqu'
Our lives burn short and bright. (Anthem)
QuchlIj vIl law'be' QuchwIj vIl puSbe'
your forehead isn't ridgier than my forehead (HQ 13.1:10)
Hmm... I would have expected more. Don't forget the paired qualities listed in the glossaries:
jub be immortal
jubbe' be mortal
le' be special, be exceptional
le'be' be unexceptional, be nonspecific, be general
lI' be useful
lI'be' be useless
lo'laH be valuable
lo'laHbe' be worthless
motlh be usual, be normal, be standard
motlhbe' be unusual
rur resemble
rurbe' be different
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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