tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Apr 07 10:42:37 1999
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Re: adjectives, ???
Ed wrote:
> 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 ?
I asked this same question several months ago. :) When you use a verb to modify
a noun in this way, and you need to use a type 5 noun suffix, then the type 5 will
always follow the verb. Other than that, the only suffix the verb can take is
-qu. So, syntactic marker or not, -qu is the only other suffix that 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 ?
ghobe'. Type 5 or -qu or both. Nothing else.
K'ryntes