On 15 February 2017 at 08:52, Lieven <levinius@gmx.de> wrote:
Am 14.02.2017 um 22:02 schrieb Ed Bailey:
Hmm, that workaround doesn't seem to work to intensify *ghaytan*. *vut ghaytanHa' 'e' muSqu'* seems to mean "It's unlikely he really hates to cook," and not "It's really unlikely he hates to cook."
It works not more or less than {nom yIghoSqu'}. Following your interpretation that should be "you must really go, and very fast" instead of "go really fast".
There's a difference, though. When you intensify "run", increasing the speed is a natural interpretation. "Quickly, RUN!" conveys the sense of "run, and do it very quickly!" Similarly, {pe'vIl qIpqu'} "He HITS it forcefully" conveys the sense of "he hits it very forcefully". Intensifying {muS} has nothing to do with its likelihood, but with intensity of emotion. For example, {tlhoy muSqu'} "she HATES it too much" conveys "she really hates it too much", but in {ghaytanHa' muSqu'}, the intensification of {muS} doesn't carry its sense to the {ghaytanHa'}. I can't think of any verb that naturally intensifies likelihood, but maybe something like {SuDDI' SuvwI', ghaytan Qapqu'}. -- De'vID