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DunwI'pu' vIghel. lengwI' vIyaj vIneH.



chaq jIDogh 'ach...

Just for fun, I'm trying to find out what all the possible combinations of
verb prefixes and suffixes might be.  I've already accounted for certain
illegal and nonsensical combinations (only certain prefixes work with -lu',
or with -chuq, or -'egh, -vIS must be combined with -taH, -Qo' and -be'
cannot be present together, etc.)  The rovers -be' and -qu' present some
problems.  To form my constructions, I have been combining these two with
the other suffixes: type 6 would include -ba', -bej, -chu', and -law', but
also -ba'be, -ba'qu', -ba'be'qu', -ba'qu'be', and so on.

My first question: can -be' or -'qu exist more than once in a single
construction?  My first guess would be no.

My second question is: which suffixes don't logically take these two rovers?
Can I say jIlegh'eghbe'?  Does DaSovlu'qu' make sense?  Is qaQoyneSbe'
highly insulting, or just plain wrong?  I apologize if some of this is
answered in TKD, I don't have it here with me.  I'm guessing that you can't
use -be' with types 1, 7, 8, 9, and -lu'; and can't use -qu' with type 7, 9,
and -lu'.

Satlho'.

-tuv'el



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