[Tlhingan-hol] Interactions between verb suffixes

[SuStel]

On 12/21/2015 9:55 AM, De'vID wrote:
> Some suffixes affect "the action" itself: {-choH}, {-qa'}, {-moH},
> {-laH}, {-lu'}. {-moH} is a bit weird because the subject of the verb
> with this suffix is not the subject of the verb without it. {-lu'} is
> even weirder because it changes the roles of the subject and object.
> Some other suffixes change what/who the action is being done to:
> {-'egh}, {-chuq}. Some express something about the speaker or the
> listener: {-chu'}, {-bej'}, {-law'}, {-ba'}, {-neS}.

I think this is an excellent point, and something we don't pay enough 
attention to. We should be looking more carefully at the definitions of 
these suffixes in TKD when we argue about what parts of a sentence or 
word they affect.

I'm not sure why you included {-laH} in the list of suffixes that affect 
"the action." {-laH} doesn't have a definition in TKD beyond "can, 
able," along with some examples. Based on the examples, and the title 
"ability" in the name of the Type 5 category, I would assume that {-laH} 
says something about the subject, not the action. Likewise, {-lu'} and 
{-moH} only have to do with defining the role of the subject; the action 
itself remains the same with or without these suffixes.

I wonder if we can re-categorize these suffixes according to their TKD 
explanations for examination (ignoring rovers).

Describe subject:
-nIS, -qang, -rup, -beH, -vIp, -moH, -lu' -laH
(Types 2, 4, 5)

Describe action:
-choH, -qa', -pu', -ta', -taH, -lI'
(Types 3, 7, {-Ha'})

Express speaker's position:
-chu', -bej, -law', -ba', -neS
(Types 6, 8)

Syntax:
-DI', -chugh, -pa', -vIS, -bogh, -meH, -'a', -wI', -mo'
(Type 9)

Interaction of subject, object, and action:
-'egh, -chuq
(Type 1)

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