tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Jul 21 06:11:38 1994
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Klinpack. Small correction.
- From: [email protected] (Mark E. Shoulson)
- Subject: Klinpack. Small correction.
- Date: Thu, 21 Jul 1994 18:05:52 -0400
- In-Reply-To: "William H. Martin"'s message of Thu, 21 Jul 94 15:07:21 EDT <[email protected]>
>From: "William H. Martin" <[email protected]>
>Date: Thu, 21 Jul 94 15:07:21 EDT
>According to Mark E. Shoulson:
>>
>>
>> > VERB PREFIXES
>> >PREFIX-VERB-1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9
>> > \ROVER/
>>
>> >This is the verbal structure. All suffixes are ALWAYS
>> >put in the order they come in.
>>
>> Looks to me like your diagram says that rover suffixes can come before the
>> verb! Rovers can come anywhere *after* the verb, except after a type 9
>> suffix (except, of course, that two of the rovers, -Qo' and -Ha', don't
>> really rove, but are always immediately after the verb).
>Ummm. Looks like our honorable gramarian has fallen for the
>same error I have made in the past. {-Qo'} is the last
>non-type-9 suffix. It does not follow the same rule as {-Ha'}.
>That's why I generally tend to tell people that rovers are best
>taken individually.
DopDaq qul yIchenmoH QobDI' ghu'.
>It's so rare I ever get to catch ~mark make an error of any
>kind, while I do not savor it (as he is my friend), I DO
>consider it to be an accomplishment. This guy is hard to catch
>making mistakes because he so rarely makes them (while *I*, on
>the other hand, chant {HIvqa' veqlargh} like some kind of
>montra).
choquvmoHbej, jupwI'. 'ej bIlughbe'; qub QaghmeylIj.
>charghwI'
~mark