tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Sep 30 18:00:47 2007
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Re: another grammar question: verbs used adjectivally
- From: [email protected]
- Subject: Re: another grammar question: verbs used adjectivally
- Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2007 20:59:19 EDT
In a message dated 9/30/2007 9:53:46 AM Central Daylight Time,
[email protected] writes:
> I don't think they do.
>
> I found this example from TKW, p.196:
> {SeymoH QeH.} Anger excites.
>
> "I polish" or better "I am polishing", seems a perfectly acceptable sentence
> in English, though that's not to say that {jIbochmoH} is acceptable.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
> Behalf Of Lieven Litaer
> Sent: 30 September 2007 13:29
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: another grammar question: verbs used adjectivally
>
> Hi!
>
> I might be confused, but do verbs with the suffix -moH need an object??
>
> Can I say {jIbochmoH} "I polish" i.e. "I cause to be shiny"?
>
> Quvar.
>
We had a discussion here recently about {tuQmoH} and whether it requires an
object. I think the consensus was that it doesn't. And if one doesn't, none
do.
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