In a Universe that includes both clones and shape-shifters, {SoHqoq} has a lot of potential. pItlh charghwI’ ‘utlh (ghaH, ghaH, -Daj)
On Jan 14, 2023, at 1:51 AM, Lieven L. Litaer via tlhIngan-Hol <tlhingan-hol@lists.kli.org> wrote:
Am 13.01.2023 um 16:51 schrieb Steven Boozer via tlhIngan-Hol:
question 1. Okrand once communicated [...] that pronouns, being a subset of nouns, could indeed be used with stative verbs. Thus, {SoH po' law' jIH po' puS} is correct. (HQ 4.2:3)
Does that really answer the question? It was about suffixes, not stative verbs.
... and we've seen some (though IIRC not all) noun suffixes used on pronouns:
Analysing these examples, I notice that ALL of them are Type 5 noun suffixes, i.e. syntactic markers.
Then I tried if the others makes sense, and I think they do not. Maybe only in a poetic situation, like {jIHHom} for "mini-me" or {SoHqoq} for a weird copy of yourself.
At this point, I think the answer to question appears "usually only type 5 suffixes are used on pronouns"... But of course, there is no rule forbidding using the others. They just don't make sense.
But I'd love to see proven otherwise!
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