[233] in tlhIngan-Hol
a question of rovers
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Thu Mar 19 11:20:13 1992
Errors-To: tlhIngan-Hol-request@village.boston.ma.us
Reply-To: "Klingon Language List" <tlhIngan-Hol@village.boston.ma.us>
From: lschoen@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Lawrence Schoen)
To: "Klingon Language List" <tlhIngan-Hol@village.boston.ma.us>
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 92 9:12:08 CST
I have a question about rovers. We know there are two kinds of rovers,
negative and emphatic, and we know that one may have both kinds of rovers
in a single word, such as:
pIHoHvIpbe'qu' - we are NOT afraid to kill (TKD, p. 49)
in which the emphatic rover operates upon the negative rover.
But, can we have two or more negative rovers in the same word? And if so,
can one operate on another? For example:
yIHoHHa'Qo' - do not mis-kill him
and if so, can you add the emphatic rover anywhere you desire?
yIHoHqu'Ha'Qo' - do not mis-KILL him!
yIHoHHa'qu'Qo' - do not MIS-kill him!
yIHoHHa'Qo'qu' - do NOT mis-kill him!
and, if you're willing to allow these, can you have more than one use of
the emphatic rover in a word, such as:
yIHoHqu'Ha'Qo'qu' - do NOT mis-KILL him!!
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