On 7/1/2021 8:16 AM, mayqel qunen'oS wrote:
There's the verb {nI'} "be long, lengthy (duration)"; so the question is "what does it take as a subject"?
A little bird told me, that there's the paq'batlh example of {Qobbogh may' nI' jun}, which shows that the {nI'} *can* take an event as a subject.
So, so far so good.. But this led me to wonder.. Could the verb {nI'} take as a subject the noun {poH}?
Yes, it absolutely can, because it has been used adjectivally: *poH nI'*/long time/ (KGT). It has been used other times: ** *yIn nI' yISIQ 'ej yIchep*/Live long and prosper/ (Radio Times) A *yIn* is neither an event nor a time period. *nI' jajvam*/This day is long./ (klingonska.org/canon/1997-06-29d-news.txt <http://klingonska.org/canon/1997-06-29d-news.txt>) *nI' ram*/The night is long./ (KGT) A day or a night might be an event or a time period, depending on how you look at it. It seems clear to me that anything that might exist over a long duration, including time itself, can be described as *nI'.*
And if yes, then what would be the difference between {poH nI'} and {poH vItlh}?
*vItlh* is a very general verb that could be talking about the quantity or intensity of anything measurable; *nI'* is specifically about duration only. Your question is like asking what the difference is between a /long time/ and a /great amount of time./ The latter only gets at its point indirectly. -- SuStel http://trimboli.name