[Tlhingan-hol] -Ha' on adverbs

[David Trimboli]

On 9/5/2012 9:56 AM, Klingonteacher wrote:
>
> Am 05.09.2012 15:38, schrieb David Trimboli:
>> I think {-Ha'} on adverbials only really works when the adverbial has a
>> meaning with an obvious opposite. {jaS} "differently" has an obvious
>> opposite in {jaSHa'} "in the same manner." Words like {tugh} and {DaH}
>> don't have obvious opposites, and thus are less suitable for {-Ha'}.
>
> Hm, interesting. tugh and DaH are both time adverbs. I regarded the use
> of -Ha' here in the sense of "un-" which must not always mean the opposite.

For verbs, no, but we have no rules regarding the meaning of {-Ha'} on 
adverbials. For all we have from Maltz and Okrand, it seems that {-Ha'} 
makes the adverbial mean its opposite, and those adverbials that do not 
have obvious opposites tend to be rejected by Klingons.

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