tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Jul 25 06:48:06 2002
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adverbials (was: naDev)
Steven lab:
>{naDev} in canon:
>
>"It is worth noting at this point that the concepts expressed by the
>English adverbs here, there, and everywhere are expressed by nouns
>in Klingon: naDev hereabouts, pa' thereabouts, Dat everywhere. These
>words may perhaps be translated more literally as "area around
>here," "area over there," and "all places," respectively. Unlike
>other nouns, these three words are never followed by the locative
>suffix [-Daq]." (TKD 27)
which makes no difference to: "these three words can act like
adverbials without taking the locative suffix [-Daq]."
sts.