tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Jun 19 21:46:31 1997
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Re: Adverbials
ja' SuStel:
>Meanwhile, how do we express adverbially concepts for which we do not have a
>specifically glossed adverb.
I do different things for different ideas. Often, {-taHvIS} does a very
good job of expressing the concept. For example, "He fights fiercely" can
be {qu'taHvIS Suv}. But {-taHvIS} is certainly *not* a direct replacement
for the English "-ly"!
>Assume we want to say, "A group of warriors must fight together." We get
>{SuvDI' SuvwI' ghom tay'nIS chaH}. We have not used an adverb at all;
>rather, we have reconstructed the phrasing to use a main verb with a relative
>clause.
Watch the terminology here. The Type 9 verb suffixes {-DI'}, {-vIS}, {mo'},
{-chugh}, and {-pa'} indicate *subordinate* clauses. A *relative* clause
is created with {-bogh}.
I'd have translated this using a continuous aspect rather than an
instantaneous event: {SuvtaHvIS SuvwI'pu' tay'nIS}.
-- ghunchu'wI'