tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Dec 09 16:17:11 1996
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RE: story, part 3
- From: "David Trimboli" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: story, part 3
- Date: Mon, 9 Dec 96 21:59:58 UT
December 06, 1996 4:06 PM, jatlh loDDoq:
> Hi SuStel,
> nuqjatlh?
> did u just said "woman problem"????(qay'be')
Hee hee! No, I didn't. {-be'} is a verb suffix, a "rover" {lengwI'}. It
goes after a verb or one of its suffixes (except a Type 9 suffix) to negate
that thing. See TKD pp. 46-47.
Since {qay'} means "it is a problem," {qay'be'} means "it is not a problem,"
or "no problem."
--
SuStel
Beginners' Grammarian
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