SuStel:
Usually suffixes only apply to things that come before them. A common exception is combinations with -moH, since that suffix changes the subject from the doer of the action to the causer, and the other suffixes might apply to either doer or causer.
Indeed ! Now that I re-read the relevant message from maltz, I noticed, that the difference between the examples where the {-na'} *could* apply to the other suffixes too, and the examples where it *can't*, is that in the examples where it *can*, it can apply to suffixes which precede it. What a relief, that there's a pattern which could explain this ! Often, trying to understand klingon grammar, turns to battling the hydra.. As soon as you begin to understand something, two more questions will crop up. ~ mayqel qunen'oS