tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Apr 20 18:02:10 1997
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Re: KLBC: qay'?
On Fri, 18 Apr 1997, William H. Martin wrote:
> According to Marian Schwartz:
> > Can "qay'" be used adjectivally? "Problematic" or something like that?
> > Qapla'
> > qoror
>
> Good question. Since it is listed as a "to be" type verb, I
> would expect that it could be used as such, though I'd have a
> little trouble translating it smoothly into English.
> "Problematic" would probably be the polite way to translate it,
I guess the only problem is to find out whether we can string a verb with
qay, eg. "Qongqay" for say "sleepily". Though I feel we may have to put a
restriction on how viable this logic is. Verbs like "qip" (to hit) and
"legh" (to see) would not follow the same run of logic, else we'd end up
with:
qipqay (hittingly, which does not make sense...)
leghqay (seeingly, which also does not make sense...)
Qapla'
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