tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Mar 16 14:07:35 2004
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Re: multiple verb suffixes
On Tue, 16 Mar 2004, Lieven Litaer wrote:
> We seem to forget the Rover {-qu'}, described in section 4.3 of TKD:
A capital idea!
> > One can go through the variations:
> > I need to start causing it to form.
>
> {chen} is "take form"
> {chenmoH} is "cause to take form" = "form"
In English "form" can be an intransitive verb:
"I formed a group." (transitive) /ghom vIchenmoH/
"A group formed." (intransitive) Could be either: /chen ghom/ or
/ghom chenmoHlu'/
The TKD defined /chen/ as "build up, take form", which uses the English
"form" in its noun form. But "take form" and "form" are effectively the
same.
Or do you think there's a connotational difference between "take form" and
the intransitive verb form (pardon the pun) of "form"?
...Paul
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