[88876] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: On the interaction between different verb suffixes
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lucifuge Rofocale)
Sun May 15 15:44:44 2011
Date: Sun, 15 May 2011 20:38:26 +0100 (BST)
From: Lucifuge Rofocale <fiat_knox@yahoo.co.uk>
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
In-Reply-To: <F52986192E9FE346B0B7EF3D6F98E87710AB82C7@EXDB3.ug.kth.se>
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> So, supposedly, if I were to tell you that wo'
> vItoy'qanglaH, you could supposedly interpret it as "I am
> able to be willing to serve the empire" (-laH acts on -qang,
> which acts on toy') or "I am willing to be able to serve the
> empire" (-qang acts on -laH, which acts on toy'). However,
> I'm wondering: Could one also read this as "I am able and
> willing to serve the empire" (with -qang and -laH acting on
> toy' independently)?
If you want to emphasise willingness and ability separately - "I am able to serve the Empire, and I am willing to serve the Empire" - repeat the sentence construct, separating out the suffixes, with the conjunction 'ej between them:-
wo' vItoy'qang 'ej wo' vItoy'laH
or
wo' vItoy'qang 'ej vItoy'laH
An alternative way of phrasing that could involve the je conjunction:-
wo' vItoy'qang vItoy'laH je - "I am willing to serve the Empire. Able, too."
