tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed May 21 21:47:51 1997
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Re: Must
ja' HomDoq:
>but does {-nIS} (and other type 2s) say something about the speaker or not?
nuqjatlh?
All verbs, with or without suffixes, say something about the *subject*.
The only verb suffixes that are stated to relate to the speaker are the
type 6 "qualification" and type 8 "honorific" ones.
>SuStel suggests that <verb>nIS should be treated similar to <verb>moH.
>maybe -moH and other prefix-mangling suffixes are not so good examples.
nuqjatlhqa'? ;-) What do you mean by "prefix-mangling"?
The only suffix I'd be inclined to use this term with is {-lu'}.
>-laH may be better... but there I have the same problem, with the type
>6s as well; on the other hand I have no trouble seeing V-3 and V-7 this
>way (like V-moH).
I don't understand what "this way" is, I guess.
>hmmm, I guess I'm letting myself be influenced too much
>by the meaning of the suffixes
I don't understand what you mean here, either.
-- ghunchu'wI'