[86905] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: Pronouns as verbs
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (ghunchu'wI')
Sat Nov 21 17:52:53 2009
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From: "ghunchu'wI'" <qunchuy@alcaco.net>
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:51:47 -0500
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
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On Nov 21, 2009, at 5:29 PM, Tracy Canfield wrote:
> Since "all pronouns can be used as verbs" (TKD 6.3), you can load them
> up with verbal endings to your heart's content, right?
You can add verb suffixes *when appropriate*. However, just because
you can do a thing does not mean it's a good idea.
> There's
> nothing ungrammatical about vutwI' tlhIHnISqu'laH'a', is there?
That would need some pretty specific context in order to be a
reasonable thing to say. I can't point to any rules of grammar that
it violates. But I will point out that there's nothing ungrammatical
about {pe'vIl Qong nguvbe'bogh qechmey SuD} either.
-- ghunchu'wI'
