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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 11/1/2021 10:43 AM,
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:luis.chaparro@web.de">luis.chaparro@web.de</a> wrote:<br>
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">SuStel:
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">I might translate this as yIbItqu'Qo' or yIbItHa'qu''eghmoH.
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">I know the <b class="moz-txt-star"><span class="moz-txt-tag">*</span>general<span class="moz-txt-tag">*</span></b> rule is to form the imperative of verbs of state or quality with the suffixes *-egh* and *-moH*. Doesn't it apply to the negative form? Or is there a difference between *yIbItqu'Qo'* and *yIbItqu'eghmoHQo'*?</pre>
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<p>I was wondering if someone would call me on that.</p>
<p>The rule seems to be very limited if we look at the semantics of
the sentence. I use <b>-'egh</b> and <b>-moH</b> on <b>yIbItHa'qu</b>
because it's a command to <i>make yourself un-alarmed,</i>
something to actively do. The command with <b>yIbItqu'</b> is a
command not to enter an alarmed state, something that one doesn't
actively do to oneself. I'm not entirely sure that <b>-'eghmoH</b>
is needed here.</p>
<p>Maybe it would be better to say <b>yIbItqu'choHQo'</b><i> Don't
change state to being alarmed.</i></p>
<p>In general, I just don't know the answer to your question of
whether the negative form requires <b>-'eghmoH.</b> If often
feels wrong.<br>
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