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daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Wed Oct 20 11:07:23 1993
Reply-To: "Klingon Language List" <tlhIngan-Hol@klingon.east.sun.com>
From: (Mark E. Shoulson) shoulson@ctr.columbia.edu
To: "Klingon Language List" <tlhIngan-Hol@klingon.east.sun.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Oct 93 11:02:08 -0400
In-Reply-To: Will Martin's message of Wed, 20 Oct 93 09:39:55 EDT <9310201340.A
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>From: Will Martin <whm2m@uva.pcmail.virginia.edu>
>Date: Wed, 20 Oct 93 09:39:55 EDT
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>> you mean >'oy' ghaH ghojmoHwi' Dun'e'< (and notice the use of >ghaH< rather
>> than >'oH<!).
>I don't think 'e' works on a verb, even if it is used adjectivally. It
>is a noun suffix. While I'm not sure I value the sentence enough to polish it
>even further, I would have at least placed that suffix on ghojmoHwI', given
>that it is at least a noun.
Sure it goes on the verb. See TKD 4.4. Adjectival verbs take noun suffixes
of type 5, if one is needed. "-'e'" is a type 5 suffix.
~mark
