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Re: =?windows-1252?Q?nom=B7i=B7nal=B7ize__2=2E____to?=
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Trimboli)
Mon Sep 14 13:45:00 2009
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2009 13:42:56 -0400
From: David Trimboli <david@trimboli.name>
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To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
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qe'San (Jon Brown) wrote:
> I was just looking up nominalise on dictionary.com and got
> nomilnalize nom·i·nal·ize [nom-uh-nl-ahyz] –verb (used with object),
> -ized, -iz·ing.
>
> 1. to convert (another part of speech) into a noun, as in changing
> the adjective lowly into the lowly or the verb legalize into
> legalization.
>
> 2. to convert (an underlying clause) into a noun phrase, as in
> changing he drinks to his drinking in I am worried about his
> drinking.
>
> The question I have is does that apply to use of -ghach in Klingon?
The other way to nominalize verbs in Klingon is with the suffix {-wI'}.
tlhutlh drink (v)
tlhutlhwI' drinker (n)
tlhutlhpu'wI' someone who has drunk (n)
There have been some doubts as to whether you can add other suffixes
between the verb and {-wI'}. There is nothing explicitly ruling it out.
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