[tlhIngan Hol] Adjective suffixes

[Lieven]

Am 13.12.2016 um 15:32 schrieb SuStel:

> /TKD/ only describes using *-qu'* in this way. Further canonical
> examples have shown us *-be'* and *-Ha'.* None has ever shown us
> multiple suffixes, though I would have no problem accepting *Duj
> tInqu'be'* for /not very big ship./

Agreed. Using both -qu' and -be' is confirmed in TKD.

> Although we have never seen any other verb suffixes, I would not at all
> be surprised to discover that type 6 verb suffixes are allowed,

I think TKD is very clear on that:
"If a Type 5 noun suffix is used, it follows the verb, which, when used 
to modify the noun in this way, can have no other suffix except the 
rover -qu'."

This still does leave some space for interpretation, like "no other 
suffix, only when Type 5 suffix is used"(?) - but I think that if one 
could have been allowed to add oter suffixes, there would be an example.

Next, TKD states that type 6 suffixes "show how sure the speaker is 
about what is being said."
I read this is focussed on the verb of the OVS-phrase, the "action". 
When used as an adjective, the verb is no longer doing an "action" in 
the phrase, and besides, it fits the object or subject slot.

So finally, I think that a socalled *Duj tInlaw'* is really a {DujHey 
tIn}, *Duj tInbej* is really a {Dujna' tIn}.

If you insist on focussing on the verb, say {tInlaw'bogh Duj}.

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