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RE: Stool



K'Pach:

> Oh! Good point. I hadn't noticed that limitation.
> 
> How does one augment/diminish a verb?
> 
> qIp = hit
> ??? = bash
> ??? = tap
> 
> Any idea?

Verb suffixes of interest:

-qu' - emphatic (rover)
-be' - negation (rover)
-Ha' - undo, misdo (rover)
-chu' - clearly, perfectly (type 6)

And some adverbials:

pe'vIl - forcefully
loQ - slightly

qIp - hit
qIpqu' - really hit
pe'vIl qIp - forcefully hit
qIpchu' - hit perfectly

loQ qIp - slightly hit
qIqqu'be' - not really hit (hit, but not very hard)
qIpchu'be' - hit imperfectly (a glancing blow, perhaps)


pagh
Beginners' Grammarian


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