[87496] in tlhIngan-Hol
Suffix {-taH} on verbs referring to states
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Agnieszka Solska)
Sat Dec 5 09:35:10 2009
From: Agnieszka Solska <agnpau1@hotmail.com>
To: tlhIngan Hol <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Sat, 5 Dec 2009 14:33:51 +0000
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QIvam vIlabta'. pawDI' moH. DaH vIlabqa'. chaq moHbe'.
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SIv Chris Doty:
> A more important question, perhaps, is:
> can stative verbs take <-taH>??
ghunchu'wI' already mentioned {rIntaH}, which literally means
"it continues to be finished/accomplished".
I found the following examples in canon:
Hem tlhIngan Segh 'ej maHemtaH 'e'wIHech.
Klingons are a proud race, and we intend
to go on being proud.
(TKW, p.13)
tay'taHbe' 'Iw bIQ je.
Blood and water don't mix.
(TKW, p. 34)
It may seem that {tay'}, "be together," is a verb referring
to an action, not a state. However, the following example
from canon shows that it can in fact refer to a state and can
even be used to modify nouns:
wo' tay' tlhInganpu' maH!
We are U.K. Klingons!
(We are together Empire Klingons!)
(RADIO TIMES)
'ISqu'
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