[Tlhingan-hol] splitting -taHvIS

[Steven Boozer]

I could find no examples of {-taHvIS} - or even {-taH} for that matter - used with {-Qo’} on the same verb.  AFAIK there are three examples where the suffixes are deployed on different verbs in the phrase/sentence/utterance:

'ang'eghQo' quv Hutlhbogh jagh neH ghobtaHvIS ghaH
Only an enemy without honor refuses to show himself in battle. (TKW)

qaStaHvIS wanI’vam yIDachQo’
Don't miss this event! (WSC)

mamevQo'.  maSuvtaH.  ma'ov.
Battling on through the Eternal fight. (Anthem)

--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons


From: Fiat Knox [mailto:fiat_knox at yahoo.co.uk]
Sent: Sunday, September 20, 2015 12:10 PM

Has any instance cropped up where you said "while X was refusing to Y" and had to insert -Qo' between -taH and -vIS?

It just occurred to me that -Qo' can be used in a non-imperative, meaning refuse, and that -Qo' comes after all suffixes except a Type 9 - so -Qo' should come between -taH and -vIS. Other than -neS, it would be the only suffix technically capable of splitting these two suffixes.

While *vumtaHQo'vIS vutwI' ghung Soj je'wI'pu' as long as the cook refused to work, customers went hungry might technically be possible, does it sound awkward - or only as awkward as "To Boldly Go Where No-One Has Gone Before" does to an English grammarian with a loathing of split infinitives and dangling prepositions?
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