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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2/14/2018 2:50 PM, Ed Bailey wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:CABSTb1fv337Lt2PjRR8ia45MHMR21ShT3b-beo_prEiMVbKDhw@mail.gmail.com">Considering
that some adverbials, like {motlh}, are also verbs, I have long
wondered if one can essentially use verbs as adverbials. The
difference would show up in our punctuation, which might be a moot
point given what is known of Klingon punctuation.<br>
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Example: {mer; SuvlaH verengan}<br>
"Surprisingly, the Ferengi can fight." (Literally, "It surprises;
the Ferengi can fight."<br>
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In speech of course, the semicolon would be audible only as a
pause, if at all.</blockquote>
<p>It might even be the source of adverbials. <b>motlh; SuvlaHbe'
verengan</b><i> it is usual: Ferengi cannot fight </i>becomes <b>motlh
SuvlaHbe' verengan</b><i> Ferengi usually cannot fight.</i> But
I tend to think not, or at least not quite so simply as this,
because so many adverbials are multisyllabic, and verbs very
rarely are.<br>
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