tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Jul 06 20:51:24 2000
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RE: How to make verb into a noun?
- From: [email protected] (William Martin)
- Subject: RE: How to make verb into a noun?
- Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2000 23:51:26 -0400
- Importance: Normal
- In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>
SuStel has already answered this well, but I have a couple comments on
things that weren't addressed.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pillow [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2000 3:55 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: How to make verb into a noun?
>
>
> ja' SuStel:
> <snip>
> Putting a prefix on a verb with /-ghach/ is even more marked.
>
> *jIQuchtaHghach = QuchtaHghachwIj
> *bIQuchtaHghach = QuchtaHghachlIj
>
> qay'taHghachwIj 'oHtaHbe' QuchtaHghachlIj'e'. ( I can feel
> the grammarians
> cringe at this)
Your foresight is good. I was once a grammarian. I cringed. The sentence is
well formed grammatically, though the meaning is a bit odd.
The continuity of your happiness does not continue to be the continuity of
my hassle.
> bIQuchchugh jISaHbe'. (I was tempted to tack a -qu' after the
> -be', but they
> are same catagory suffixes)
I actually like this, just like it is. Maybe {bIQuchchugh qoj bIQuchbe'chugh
jISaHbe'.}
> The two sentences mean generally the same thing, but is it
> possible to recast
> the 2nd sentence to have more impact? I'm trying to imply the
> disdain/sarcasm
> of the DIvI' Hol "thought" into tlhIngan Hol mu'mey.
Screw happiness. Get to the point: qaSaHbe'.
Or maybe:
yInHomqoqlIj vISaHbe'.
SaHwI' yInej.
bInenchoHDI' yIchegh.
or even a simple:
bIQuchlaw'. wejpuH.
This is a very expressive language, qar'a'?
> pIl'o'
charghwI'