<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">I don’t think this is tangential. I think it’s essential and clarifying.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thank you for providing it.</div><br class=""><div class="">
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<div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On May 8, 2019, at 10:59 AM, SuStel <<a href="mailto:sustel@trimboli.name" class="">sustel@trimboli.name</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class="">
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 5/8/2019 9:46 AM, Will Martin wrote:<br class="">
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<div class="">Basically, a normal Klingon sentence has a main verb
with no Type 9 verb suffix.</div>
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<div class="">The Type 9 suffix {-jaj} is special, and a sentence
with a verb with {-jaj} will not have a second verb with no Type
9 suffix. The only main verb will have {-jaj}, and the nouns
might be moved around from their usual positions, because, hey,
{-jaj} is special.</div>
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<div class="">The Type 9 suffix {-‘a’} on the main verb turns a
statement into a yes/no question. There will be no second verb
in this sentence that lacks a Type 9 suffix…</div>
</blockquote><p class="">Here's a completely tangential observation.</p><p class="">Type 9 suffixes do one of three things.</p><p class="">1. Turn a verb into a noun. <b class="">-wI', -ghach.</b></p><p class="">2. Turn a verbal clause into a dependent clause. <b class="">-bogh,
-chugh, -DI', -meH, -mo', -pa', -vIS.</b></p><p class="">3. Change the mood of the sentence.<br class="">
<b class=""> -'a'</b> gives the sentence the interrogative mood.<br class="">
<b class=""> -jaj</b> gives the sentence the optative mood (thanks QeS).<br class="">
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