[tlhIngan Hol] Adjective suffixes

[mayqel qunenoS]

De'vID:
> yapbe''a' {tInba'bogh Duj}?

In order to get the intented meaning through, it is definitely
sufficient. the reason which made me ask about the {Duj tInba'}, was
because I was searching for an alternate way to describe this meaning
in klingon. However, yes, the {tInba'bogh Duj} is perfectly capable of
expressing the same meaning too.

qunnoH jan puqloD

On Tue, Dec 13, 2016 at 5:05 PM, Steven Boozer <sboozer at uchicago.edu> wrote:
> I think SuStel is right, although I could find only one example:
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>   'ejyo' luch rurbe'qu' tlhIngan Duj luch.
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>   Klingon starship design is vastly different from
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>   Starfleet technology. SP3
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> --Voragh
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> On Behalf Of SuStel
> Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2016 8:33 AM
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> On 12/13/2016 3:46 AM, André Müller wrote:
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> Somewhere (TKD I suppose) it's written that the only suffixes following a
> verb used as an adjective can be the negation suffixes {-be', -Ha'} and the
> intensifier {-qu'}. I think it's logical that both can occur together. So I
> have no doubts that you can say {Duj tInqu'be'} with the intended meaning.
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> But other suffixes are excluded, do the answer to question 2 is no. It is
> easily understood, but ungrammatical.
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> 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.
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> 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, as in mayqel's
> *Duj tInba' obviously big ship or *Duj Dojbej certainly impressive ship or
> *Duj HoSghajchu' all-powerful ship or *Duj pujlaw' apparently weak ship. But
> until such time as Okrand does this, these suffixes are off-limits.
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> --
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