[87044] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: Comparatives
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (ghunchu'wI')
Tue Nov 24 16:42:06 2009
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From: "ghunchu'wI'" <qunchuy@alcaco.net>
Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:40:52 -0500
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
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Reply-to: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
>> 2009/11/24 ghunchu'wI' 'utlh <qunchuy@alcaco.net>:
>>> Read the section on adjectives again (it's short, I'll wait). :)
>>> See there? It *does* say no other suffixes besides {-qu'} may be
>>> used.
On Nov 24, 2009, at 2:35 PM, Tracy Canfield wrote:
> Strictly, no, it doesn't say that. The only place in the adjective
> section that it says *only* -qu may appear is when a Type 5 suffix is
> attached.
On Nov 24, 2009, at 2:36 PM, Christopher Doty wrote:
> That section says that an adjectival verb with -Daq can't take
> anything other than -qu'; it doesn't say anything about adjectives in
> general being able to take other suffixes.
Argh, that's a perennial point of variant interpretation. I think
"in this way" means "in the manner of an adjective", and not "along
with a type 5 noun suffix".
-- ghunchu'wI'
