[Tlhingan-hol] How do we know what -Ha' means? (Was: Re: ramwI'mey)

[De'vID jonpIn]

lojmIt tI'wI' nuv:
> My point here is that I don't think that {-Ha'} really means that it is either done badly or that it is undone. I think it means a greater extreme of negative than {-be'}. Without considering what {-be'} would mean, you can't fully understand what {-Ha'} means because {-Ha'} exists exclusively to indicate a greater degree of negation than {-be'}.
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> This can mean something different on different verbs, but it almost never means something different in different contexts on the same verb. This is where I really disagree with most who have answered this post up to this point.

I like this idea that {verb} - {verb-be'} - {verb-Ha'} exist on an
axis and that {verb-Ha'} is a more extreme modification of {verb} than
{verb-be'}.  I don't know if it's the right interpretation of {-Ha'},
but I can't think of a counterexample and it does make things a lot
clearer.

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De'vID