tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Mar 28 15:30:15 1997
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Re: <noun>-mo' <verb>-be'
- From: Marian Schwartz <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: <noun>-mo' <verb>-be'
- Date: 28 Mar 97 18:28:49 EST
ghItlh qhunchu'wI'
>I think the Klingon is ambiguous. {-be'} sometimes seems to negate only
the verb or the suffix it follows, but it sometimes seems to negate the
entire sentence, adverbials and subordinate clauses and all.<
That brings up something I've wondered about. In "jagh'a'qoq," would "-qoq"
refer to the so-calledness of "-'a'" or "jagh?" In other words, does it mean
"the great so-called enemy" or "the so-called great enemy?" With things like
rovers, in verbs, "-be'nIS," means "need to not ____," and "-nISbe'" means
"doesn't need to _____." But with nouns, things aren't so simple. --qoror