tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Jul 25 06:47:38 2002
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adverbials (was: adverbs)
chorgh Hu' lab SuStel:
> > so is there a difference between "<naDev> doesn't take <-Daq>" and
>> "<naDev> is a noun that can act like an adverbial"?
>
>I think that /naDev/ doesn't take /-Daq/ because /naDev/ doesn't take
>/-Daq/, and therefore the two statements are unrelated. Even when you have
>/naDevvo'/, it's still acting in an adverbial fashion, in that it modifies
>the action of the verb.
SIrghvaD vI'elnISqa'.
(i have to reenter this thread.)
/naDevvo'/ is a noun with a suffix, and this very combination is an
adverbial. of course /naDev/ as a noun takes the suffix /-vo'/. but
there is no relation to the being an adverbial of /naDev/, no proof,
no disproof.
if this is not so easy to answer, could anyone at the next qep'a' ask
MO for me if /naDev/ is both a noun and an adverbial, which means
that /naDev/ can act as an adverbial without taking any suffix - the
same way that /batlh/ (noun) can act as an adverbial without taking
any suffix.
sts.