tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Dec 02 07:33:16 1999
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Re: RE: adverb suffixes???
Thinking more on this, I can see some possibilities for
expansion of the list of adverbials that can take {-Ha'} BECAUSE
they already have opposites:
tughHa' - far into the future.
qenHa' - far into the past.
Since the past-related potential meanings of {tughHa'} can be
covered by {qen}, that leaves the "future, but not soon" meaning
for {tughHa'}. Similar logic explains {qenHa'}.
I could also see a strange use of {pa'Ha'}, as in:
1: Qanqor wISamlaHbe'. Dat wInejpu'!
[We can't find Krankor. We've looked for him everywhere!]
2: tachDaq bonej'a'?
[Did you look for him in the bar?]
1: toH! pa'Ha' wInejpu'!
[Argh! We've looked for him everywhere else!]
On Wed, 01 Dec 1999 18:09:47 -0600 Steven Boozer
<sboozer@midway.uchicago.edu> wrote:
> Clayton Cardoso:
> > Why couldn't I use verb suffixes to the adverbs?
>
> pagh:
> : The same reason you can't use noun suffixes on verbs - the grammar just
> : doesn't allow it. We do know that some adverbials can take <-Ha'>, but
> : that's it. I don't remember the exact list, but I know it includes
> : <batlhHa'>, <Do'Ha'>, and <pIjHa'>.
>
> Also <ghaytanHa'> and <nItebHa'>.
>
> Okrand discussed this question in HolQeD 4.4:
>
> "Whether this {-Ha'} can be added to all adverbials is not clear.
> The notes taken while working with Maltz indicate that he balked
> at {vajHa'} ('not thus'?) but accepted {Do'Ha'} 'unfortunately'.
> Information on other adverbials has not yet been uncovered, though
> it is probably in the notes somewhere."
>
>
> --
> Voragh
> Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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