tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Feb 24 02:57:54 1994
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KLBC: All Permutations...
- From: "...Paul" <[email protected]>
- Subject: KLBC: All Permutations...
- Date: Thu, 24 Feb 1994 15:55:51 -0500
I was just thinking about something that I'm going to do right now, just
for kicks. I'm going to take a verb out of the dictionary, and apply just
about every suffix to it, and try to translate the results into English.
Why do this? I dunno, but it sounded like a good idea. Maybe I'll get
something wrong in translation, and someone can help out.
What word to use? How about vIH: to move.
vIHchuq: To move each other?
vIH'egh: <doesn't work?>
vIHbeH: <subject> is ready to move (devices)
vIHnIS: <subject> needs to move
vIHqang: <subject> is willing to move
vIHrup: <subject> is ready to move (being)
vIHvIp: <subject> is afraid to move
vIHchoH: <subject> is starting to move
vIHqa': to move again
vIHmoH: to cause to move, to move <object>
vIHlaH: can move
vIHlu': something moves?
vIHba': to obviously move
vIHbej: <subject> is certainly moving
vIHchu': to move perfectly
vIHlaw': to move apparently, <subject> is apparently moving
vIHlI': is moving
vIHpu': has moved.
vIHtaH: is being moved
vIHta': has been moved
vIHneS: <doesn't work?>
I'll leave out all the clause markers for simplicity...
vIHghach: movement?
vIHjaj: may move
vIHwI': mover
vIH'a': is <subject> moving?
vIHbe': to not move, to leave motionless
vIHHa': to move back, to replace
vIHqu': to MOVE!
vIHQo': don't move
What has this shown? Dunno. But it was kinda neat. Obviously we can
put these things together:
vIHHa'vIpqa': subject is afraid to move object back.
For anyone poetically inclined, I'd venture to say there are a couple of
overlapping meanings (or at least, overlapping expressions) here. If
you don't want someone moving something, you can use vIHQo'; but might
I suggest vIHbe' (when given as a command) as a suitable replacement? I'm
not sure I can come for a reason why:
yIvIHbe' isn't any different than yIvIHQo'.
...Paul