tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Jun 12 15:05:32 2003
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RE: lugh'a' mughghachvam?
But I still need to know how to make a verb become a noun. I understand that if the verb has suffixes on it and I need it to become a noun, I add -ghach. But I don't know what those suffixes could be. That's what I can't wrap my head around. Exactly what suffixes would be used on a verb and then get switched to a noun?
[email protected] wrote:> So, DloraH, when I'm using -ghach on verbs, do you recommend me not
> trying to make a verb become a noun. What I mean is, let's say I need a
> noun to complete my sentence. The noun I want is not in the dictionary
> as a verb that has any suffixes on it already (the verb does not come
> with suffixes already there).
Verbs do not come with suffixes already on them. The words listed in TKD that
have suffixes are listed that way to help people find what they are looking
for. If someone wanted to word "teach", most wouldn't think to
construct /ghoj/"learn" + /-moH/"cause", so MO listed /ghojmoH/"teach" so
people could find it. /ghojmoH/ is really "cause to learn".
> Should I try putting suffixes on it and
> then add -ghach? The problem I'm having now is that I don't know
> exactly how I would add a suffix to a verb then turn that verb into a
> noun. Does that make sense? That's why I want some examples from you
> guys without using Type 7 Aspect (mainly because I think I know how to
> use those one's already. Type 7 Aspect seems like a BS way in making a
> noun from -ghach).
Your right. Adding a suffix JUST so you can use -ghach isn't good. If you
find that you are forcing yourself to use a noun, then it probably isn't the
right way to do it. Klingons want ACTION. If you can't easily use a noun,
then rephrase using verbs.
Instead of saying "I went for a run this afternoon" ("run" being a noun here),
rephrase it with a verb, "I ran this afternoon".
Switching from thinking with nouns to thinking with verbs was difficult for a
lot of us. With practice you'll get there.
DloraH
Klingon Warrior
taHjaj wo'!
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