[Tlhingan-hol] KLBC: {-mo'} noun suffix vs. {-mo'} verb suffix

[lojmIttI'wI'nuv]

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> On Feb 17, 2016, at 8:10 AM, mayql qunenoS <mihkoun at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> thank you for replying !
> 
> I studied your example, and I read again the TKD. And I made an observation :
> 
> the TKD says that the {-mo'} noun suffix means <due to, because of> ;
> on the other hand it says that the {-mo'} verb suffix means <because>.
> Of course if someone reads further down, he will see that even in the
> verb suffix it says that its meaning is identical to the verb suffix..
> 
> Anyway, now that I'm thinking about it, maybe I could approach it this way :
> 
> Whenever a noun is the cause use the -mo' (n), and whenever because
> the noun is, or does something, use the -mo' (v).
> 
> Which brings up another question.. The -mo' (v) or (n), means <due to,
> because OF>, <due to, because PERIOD> or both ?
> 
> I don't know if I'm managing to describe the source of my confusion.
> There is something here that *feels* strange. Perhaps as a general
> rule, one could say : "If because of a noun, someone is or does
> something, go with the noun prefix, and if because someone is or does
> something -which that something is described by a verb- use the verb
> suffix>.
> 
> Something eludes me here, and I can't find what this is.. I'll think
> about this for a while and then write some sentences. Hopefully
> someone will correct me, and help me understand what's happening.
> 
> cpt qunnoq
> DaH DIHIvbe'chugh and so on, and so on..
> 
> On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 1:55 PM, lojmIt tI'wI' nuv
> <lojmitti7wi7nuv at gmail.com> wrote:
>> QInlIjmo' jIghItlh.
>> 
>> Sent from my iPad
>> lojmIt tI'wI' nuv
>> 
>>> On Feb 17, 2016, at 5:01 AM, mayql qunenoS <mihkoun at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> This may be too simple of a question to ask, but I'll ask anyway.
>>> 
>>> Whenever I have come across the need to express <because of>, I always
>>> end up using the {-mo'} verb suffix. So, the stupid question of the
>>> day is :
>>> 
>>> When do I actually need to use the {-mo'} noun suffix ? Could the BG,
>>> or anyone else write some examples where the {-mo'} noun suffix is
>>> used ? I just can't find a way to use the {-mo'} noun suffix !
>>> 
>>> thanks
>>> 
>>> cpt qunnoq
>>> DaH DIHIvbe'chugh vaj toy'wI''a'pu' DImoj
>>> 
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