[tlhIngan Hol] be-verbs and the {-wI'}

[SuStel]

On 12/27/2016 9:47 AM, mayqel qunenoS wrote:
> lets take a non be-verb:
>
> lotlh = to rebel
> lotlhwI' = the rebel
>
> now, lets take a be-verb:
>
> bel = be pleased
> belwI' = someone who is pleased
>
> Is my translation of the {belwI'} correct ? I am wondering whether the 
> addition of the {-wI'} on be-verbs, functions differently from the way 
> it does on non be-verbs.

Your translation is correct. *-wI'* turns a verb into a noun which is 
the subject of the verb. Exactly how that translates into English is 
irrelevant.

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