tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Oct 20 08:02:13 1993
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Daily Musings
- From: (Mark E. Shoulson) [email protected]
- Subject: Daily Musings
- Date: Wed, 20 Oct 93 11:02:08 -0400
- In-Reply-To: Will Martin's message of Wed, 20 Oct 93 09:39:55 EDT <[email protected]>
>From: Will Martin <[email protected]>
>Date: Wed, 20 Oct 93 09:39:55 EDT
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>> you mean >'oy' ghaH ghojmoHwi' Dun'e'< (and notice the use of >ghaH< rather
>> than >'oH<!).
>I don't think 'e' works on a verb, even if it is used adjectivally. It
>is a noun suffix. While I'm not sure I value the sentence enough to polish it
>even further, I would have at least placed that suffix on ghojmoHwI', given
>that it is at least a noun.
Sure it goes on the verb. See TKD 4.4. Adjectival verbs take noun suffixes
of type 5, if one is needed. "-'e'" is a type 5 suffix.
~mark