<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
</head>
<body text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 5/8/2019 9:46 AM, Will Martin wrote:<br>
</div>
<blockquote type="cite"
cite="mid:C5C21608-EF26-40EC-903B-D248A5A97E2A@mac.com">
<div class="">Basically, a normal Klingon sentence has a main verb
with no Type 9 verb suffix.</div>
<div class=""><br class="">
</div>
<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>
<div class=""><br class="">
</div>
<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>Here's a completely tangential observation.</p>
<p>Type 9 suffixes do one of three things.</p>
<p>1. Turn a verb into a noun. <b>-wI', -ghach.</b></p>
<p>2. Turn a verbal clause into a dependent clause. <b>-bogh,
-chugh, -DI', -meH, -mo', -pa', -vIS.</b></p>
<p>3. Change the mood of the sentence.<br>
<b> -'a'</b> gives the sentence the interrogative mood.<br>
<b> -jaj</b> gives the sentence the optative mood (thanks QeS).<br>
</p>
<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">--
SuStel
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://trimboli.name">http://trimboli.name</a></pre>
</body>
</html>