[94] in tlhIngan-Hol
adjectives->verbs
dcctdw@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (dcctdw@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Sun Feb 16 15:22:47 1992
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Reply-To: "Klingon Language List" <tlhIngan-Hol@village.boston.ma.us>
From: mosquito@Athena.MIT.EDU
To: "Klingon Language List" <tlhIngan-Hol@village.boston.ma.us>
Date: Tue, 7 Jan 92 01:41:53 -0500
Since adjectives are verbs, we can ask the question if there is any difference,
to a Klingon mind, between an adjectival verb and a non-adjectival verb.
Adjectival verbs can modify nouns as follows:
Duj tIn vIneH.
I want the big ship.
If there is no difference, we can examine the use of adjectives to modify
nouns and ask if the same can be done with normal verbs:
HoD 'oHpu' loD Hegh'e'
The dead man was a captain.
loD tlhIngan Hol jatlh vIlegh.
I see the man speaking Klingon
(of course, this could be done with -bogh, as well.)
loD DaqIpta' vIlegh.
I see the man you hit.
(same comment about -bogh. Not quite following the pattern of adjectival verbs,
though, since "loD" is the object, not the subject, of "qIp".)
Any ideas?
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Kevin Iga
