tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Sep 14 09:59:12 2009
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RE: nom*i*nal*ize 2. to convert (an underlying clause) into a noun phrase
- From: Steven Boozer <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: nom*i*nal*ize 2. to convert (an underlying clause) into a noun phrase
- Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2009 11:57:58 -0500
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- Thread-topic: nom*i*nal*ize 2. to convert (an underlying clause) into a noun phrase
Voragh:
>> Note that all five of these have another suffix between the
>> verb and {-ghach}.
ter'eS:
>What's interesting about these is that these are different types of
>suffixes. From MO's description, it sounded like you couldn't use a naked
>verb plus {-ghach} because some sort of time or state was implied by {-
>ghach} that the naked verb didn't convey, so one had to use one of the
>"aspectual" suffixes, such as {-taH} or {-qa'}. But the only aspectual
>suffix in the above group is {-qa'}, and the others are more like modal
>suffixes. So maybe the need for an intervening suffix is more of a
>formal requirement than something inherent in the meaning of {-ghach}.
To review the types of intervening suffixes MO has used:
Type 3 (change)
naDqa'ghach "re-commendation" (TKD)
Type 4 (cause):
quvmoHghach "process of honoring" (HQ 3.3)
Type 5 (ability):
lo'laHghach "value" (TKD)
lo'laHbe'ghach "worthlessness" (TKD)
Type 7 (aspect):
tlhutlhtaHghach "ongoing drinking" (HQ 3.3)
nobtaHghach "ongoing giving" (HQ 3.3)
nobpu'ghach "a given (a finished case of giving)" (HQ 3.3)
belpu'ghach "having been pleased" (HQ 3.3)
Rover:
naDHa'ghach "discommendation" (TKD)
quvHa'ghach "dishonor" (TKW)
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Voragh
Canon Master of the Klingons