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RE: too hot ?



|jatlh QeylIS:
|> i know this has been a topic of conversation before but i was wondering is
|> there any way to say "too" something, like "too hot" or "too fast" etc.?
|
|Marc Okrand has often emphasized the verb to indicate that something is "too 
|much."  To emphasize a verb, add {qu'} to it.
|
|SuStel

Regarding "too hot," consider TKD p. 170:
   tujqu'choH QuQ
   The engine is overheating. (i.e. "becoming too hot")

Also, -qu' is always stressed (tooj-KOO-chokh kkhookkh)--which adds a bit
more "oomph" to whatever verb you're emphasizing. 

-- Voragh



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