tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Jun 28 23:32:41 2000
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KLBC: -law'
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- Subject: KLBC: -law'
- Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 02:32:23 -0400 (EDT)
I know that there is a bit of controversy as to how far /-be'/
applies in a sentence. I think there are several canon
examples of /-be'/ being applied to something far away from
what it's immediately attached to. But what about other
verb suffixes? I was having a little trouble with /-law'/.
For example,
/qatlh 'oH Dapar/ "Why do you dislike it?"
Now, if I add a /-law'/,
/qatlh 'oH Daparlaw'/
Does this mean
"Why do you {sort of dislike it}?" i.e.
"You've seem to be uncertain whether you dislike it,
but why do you?"
or
"Why does it appear that {you dislike it}?" i.e.
"*I'm* not certain that you dislike it, but why do you if you do?"
What I'm trying to get at is, does the uncertainty indicated by
/-law'/ apply to the speaker, or the person being spoken to?
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