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Suffix {-taH} on verbs referring to states

Agnieszka Solska ([email protected])

• From: Agnieszka Solska <[email protected]>
• Subject: Suffix {-taH} on verbs referring to states
• Date: Sat, 5 Dec 2009 14:33:51 +0000
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QIvam vIlabta'. pawDI' moH. DaH vIlabqa'. chaq moHbe'.
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SIv Chris Doty:

> A more important question, perhaps, is: 
> can stative verbs take <-taH>??

ghunchu'wI' already mentioned {rIntaH}, which literally means 
"it continues to be finished/accomplished".

I found the following examples in canon:

   Hem tlhIngan Segh 'ej maHemtaH 'e'wIHech.
      Klingons are a proud race, and we intend 
      to go on being proud.
      (TKW, p.13)

   tay'taHbe' 'Iw bIQ je.
      Blood and water don't mix.
       (TKW, p. 34)

It may seem that {tay'}, "be together," is a verb referring 
to an action, not a state. However, the following example 
from canon shows that it can in fact refer to a state and can 
even be used to modify nouns:

   wo' tay' tlhInganpu' maH! 
   We are U.K. Klingons! 
      (We are together Empire Klingons!)
      (RADIO TIMES)

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