[Tlhingan-hol] KLBC: moHaq mojaq DuHmey

[Bellerophon, modeler]

ghItlhpu' 'arHa, jatlh:
>Sometimes, though, the suffix happens to match a legal verb root: {vIlaH}
for example.

yIyep 'arHa! DIp 'oHlaH mu' <laH>'e', 'a wot 'oHbe'. mu'wIj vIpupmoH: wot
'oHlaH je wej 'e' 'angpu' matlh.

~'eD

On Tue, Dec 8, 2015 at 12:38 PM, SuStel <sustel at trimboli.name> wrote:

> On 12/8/2015 12:29 PM, John R. Harness wrote:
>
> This is what I don't know for sure: Can a verb that becomes a noun with
>> {-ghach} or {-wI'} have a prefix still on it? In other words, are these
>> legal/how would you translate them?
>>
>> -{*choSuvHa'ghach} - (Your mis-fighting of me?)
>> -{*HIDevwI'} .... ? You, one who leads me?
>>
>
> This is a very old question, and to my knowledge Okrand has never said no
> and has never used such a formation.
>
> I feel fairly confident that these are not allowed. Although Klingon does
> not have an infinitive, I believe verbs with these type 9 suffixes must
> effectively be infinitive in order to use them. That is, they cannot refer
> to any subject, even an unspecified one as in {-lu'}.
>
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