tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Jan 15 15:45:58 1999
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Re: -bogh and -wI'
In a message dated 1/15/1999 4:15:48 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
whm2m@server1.mail.virginia.edu writes:
<<
This is an old fight. I still feel quite confident that in the
vast majority of cases, the clearest interpretation is that the
suffix {-be'} negates the syllable immediately in front of it.
Not the entire sentence up to that point. It is a focussed
negative, attaching itself to the single suffix or root verb it
directly follows. >>
jIQochbe'qa', charghwI' 'utlh
wot {lo'laH} vIwavqangbe' 'ach wot {ghojmoH} vIwIvqang
peHruS