tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Dec 20 23:38:00 1996
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RE: ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!
- From: "David Trimboli" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!
- Date: Sat, 21 Dec 96 07:36:41 UT
December 21, 1996 12:45 AM, jatlh tu'wI':
> >va. qatlh mejlaHbe'taHvIS nuQwI'pu' mej charghwI'? QapHa'law' pat.
> >po'wI'pu' wIpolnIStaH 'ej vIngwI'pu' maw wIqIlnIS. yItI', *Jay*.
> >
> >--Qov.
> >
> >Noticing a little grammar violation-suffix violation here. nuQwI'pu'
> po'wI'pu' and vIngwI'pu' violate that rule on suffixes. Just so you know.
No, there is nothing wrong here. {nuQ}, {po'}, and {vIng} are verbs. They
have the Type 9 verb suffix {-wI'} on them. This suffix makes the entire word
into a noun. {po'} is "be skilled," and {po'wI'} is "one who is skilled."
{-pu'} is a Type 2 noun suffix indicating plurals. For example, on skilled
person is called {po'wI'}, but more than one skilled person is {po'wI'pu'}.
I can see how this can be confusing, though. There is also a Type 4 noun
suffix {-wI'} and a Type 7 verb suffix {-pu'}. They are all unrelated,
though.
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SuStel
Beginners' Grammarian
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