tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Dec 02 10:25:43 1999
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RE: adverb suffixes???
- From: "Andeen, Eric" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: adverb suffixes???
- Date: Thu, 2 Dec 1999 11:26:56 -0700
ja' Marc Okrand:
> >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.
ja' DujHoD:
> The reason {vajHa'} doesn't exist is because it doesn't make
> sense. In English (or any other natural language), we don't
> say, "Unthus I went there." It doesn't make sense. Perhaps
> all adverbs that have meanings with {-Ha'} can take {-Ha'}.
A disproportionate number of Klingon speakers seem to be computer
programmers, and for many of us, <vajHa'> seems natural for "else", as in an
"if ... then ... else" clause in most programming languages. Marc Okrand is
not a computer programmer, and his comment on <vajHa'> reminded those of us
who are that most people (Klingon or Human) are not.
> Now, a question. Do we know of any adverbs that take {-be'}
> or any other verb suffixes?
Not that we know of.
pagh
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