[101859] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Piraha
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (SuStel)
Tue Nov 3 09:21:33 2015
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
From: SuStel <sustel@trimboli.name>
Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2015 09:21:18 -0500
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On 11/3/2015 12:47 AM, Rohan Fenwick wrote:
> ghItlhpu' Quvar, jatlh:
> > I'm not sure what the initial question was, but these examples do not
> > show a real answer, in my opinion. All of the multiple adverbials are
> > actually time stamps plus adverb, so not really "TWO" adverbs.
>
> jang SuStel, jatlh:
> > Klingon doesn't have adverbs; it has {chuvmey}, a subset of which are
> > "adverbials."
>
> I'm interested to know, apart from the terminology used in TKD, what is
> it about the class of words including {ghaytan}, {tugh}, and {SIbI'}
> that means they cannot or should not be equally well described with the
> name "adverbs"?
Well, for one thing, they can usually be used as standalone
exclamations; e.g., {tugh} "hurry up!"
There are also some members of the category that would not seem to be
adverbs, like {jay'}.
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SuStel
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