<p dir="ltr">if it helps to take a stroll down memory lane..</p>
<p dir="ltr">the original {jIghelbe'choHlaHbe'}, (which sparked this thread), was written by Qov as a reply to one of my -kahless knows- numerous questions.</p>
<p dir="ltr">she was trying to show me, how to say something like "I'm not able to stop myself from asking".</p>
<p dir="ltr">back then, being more of a beginner than I'm now, I didn't notice the two {-be'} on the same word. this happened only today, and the confusion commenced.</p>
<p dir="ltr">now, since Qov is an expert I don't think she would have written this word, if the two {-be'} weren't actually allowed.</p>
<p dir="ltr">however, it surprises me that noone else has ever used such a construction, at least not during the 14 months I've been here..</p>
<p dir="ltr">why doesn't someone send a mail to okrand in order to verify ? after all this regards something which took place at the qepHom.</p>
<p dir="ltr">qunnoH<br>
ghoghwIj HablI'vo' vIngeHta'</p>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 16 Nov 2016 4:20 pm, "Ed Bailey" <<a href="mailto:bellerophon.modeler@gmail.com">bellerophon.modeler@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">jatlh Lieven:<br><div><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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TKD further says that {-be'} "follows the concept being negated". If I take this literally, I could probably use it nine times one a verb with nine sufixes:<br>
{jIghelbe'choHbe'laHbe'taHbe'} "I am not continously not able to not change not asking"<br>
<br></blockquote><div>What context would prompt you to form a verb like this? Even with your explanation, no matter how often I read the word (well, about 8 times so far), I still get lost by the end.<br><br></div><div>Multiple negation becomes confusing very quickly (in any language, I expect).<br><br></div><div>But even if we find out it's definitely ungrammatical, using multiple -qu' for added emphasis seems like one of those intentional violations Klingons use for effect. I could say something like be'nalwI' SoS pI'qu'qu'! (Actually this statement is very false, but I was thinking of an old joke.)<br></div><div><br></div><div>~mIp'av <br></div></div><br></div></div></div>
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