tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Apr 07 07:48:26 1999
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adjectives, ???
- From: Ed <[email protected]>
- Subject: adjectives, ???
- Date: Wed, 07 Apr 1999 10:53:09 -0400
from, THE KLINGON DICTIONARY, page 49 & 50.
the rover -qu' emphatic (section 4.3) may follow verbs functioning
adjectivally. In this usage, it is usually translated "very".
Dujmey tInqu' == very big ships
wanI' ramqu' == a very unimportant event
If a type 5 noun suffix is used (section 3.3.5), it follows the verb,
which, when used to modify the noun in this way, can have no other
suffix except the rover -qu' emphatic, the type 5 noun suffix follows
-qu'.
veng tInqu'Daq == in the very big city
Question ?
Does this mean that if there is a syntactic marker (noun type 5), then
only -qu may be use, and if there is not a syntactic marker, then any of
the other verb suffixes may be used ?
choS wewDaq nuHIvpu' tera'nganpu' maw'ba'.
the obviously crazy Earthlings they attacked us in the glow of
twilight.
adjectives, maw'ba' & wewDaq
Is the verb aspect suffix #6 allowed on an adjective, if there is no
noun suffix #5 ?