tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Jul 08 13:01:42 2002
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Re: RE: word-question
From: "Stephan Schneider" <[email protected]>
> i find it
> strange that okrand invented so many tools to cast from noun to verb,
> from verb to noun an so on, but there is nothing to cast from noun do
> adverb. hm...
Keep in mind that Klingon linguists do not classify adverbs as a separate
type of word. Adverbials fall under the classification of /chuvmey/, along
with conjunctions, exclamations, pronouns, numbers, and so on. Don't expect
tools to "convert" between adverbials and nouns or verbs.
It would seem that a number of verbs have "migrated" over to adverbials
through the development of the language, including /Do'/ and /motlh/ (maybe
others I'm not thinking of offhand). And at least one noun: /batlh/. Maybe
it went the other way, I don't know. But that's about the extent of it; if
you don't have an adverbial to say what you want, try to find another way to
say it.
SuStel
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