[3030] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: pronouns as verbs
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Tue Feb 8 09:04:43 1994
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From: baruch@nynexst.com (Robert Baruch)
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Date: Tue, 8 Feb 94 08:59:54 EST
| >As far as I can tell the above forms are valid (pronouns can have
| >suffixes, so why can't they have prefixes?), but I am not sure.
|
| Well, "jIH" and its relatives are chuvmey, not verbs. Offhand, I can't
| think of any canonical examples of pronouns with verbal suffixes; on
| the list, we seem to stick to noun suffixes (jIHvaD, jIHvo'). This is
| enough evidence for me.
|
| QumpIn 'avrIn
I think you're right: TKD 6.3 says, "...all pronouns (section 5.1)
can be used as verbs, in the sense of /I am/, ..." That is, a pronoun
is /not/ a verb, but can be used as the /English/ verb "be".
Furthermore, the example on p.68 is:
{ pa'wIjDaq jIHtaH } = I am in my quarters
with the explanation of {jIHtaH} being, "...the pronouns are used,
followed, where appropriate, by verbal suffixes."
No mention is made of the allowability of verbal prefixes on pronouns,
since never is it said that pronouns are verbs.
--Rob
