[tlhIngan Hol] {-lIvIS}

[mayqel qunenoS]

indeed..

while I was writing this, I knew that it would come down to "because
maltz said so". but I just can't see the logic of this rule.

qunnoH jan puqloD
SuvwI'pu'qoq Hol tughojmoHta'mo' Satlho'

On Thu, Dec 22, 2016 at 5:23 PM, Steven Boozer <sboozer at uchicago.edu> wrote:
> TKD 43:  This suffix [{-vIS}] is always used along with the Type 7 suffix
> {-taH} “continuous".
>
> Just consider it one of Okrand’s “just because” rules.  We could argue the
> whys and wherefores to death – and we often do! – but, in the end, we just
> have to accept it and move on.
>
>
>
> In fact, I could only find only one example of {-vIS} and {-lI’} even
> occurring in the same sentence, albeit on different verbs:
>
>
>
>   ghobe' !  qarbejbogh DoDvam qontaH 'u'
>
>   jevqu'taHvIS muD ral, bejlI' parmaq.
>
>
>
>   Oh, no !  It [love] is an ever-fixed mark.
>
>   That looks on tempests and is never shaken. (Sonnet 116)
>
> --Voragh
>
>
>
>
>
> On Behalf Of mayqel qunenoS
>
> I can't understand why the {-lIvIS} is illegal. Can't I be doing something,
> while something is proceeding towards a known goal or stopping point ?
>
>
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