Am 13.12.2016 um 15:32 schrieb SuStel:
/TKD/ only describes using *-qu'* in this way. Further canonical examples have shown us *-be'* and *-Ha'.* None has ever shown us multiple suffixes, though I would have no problem accepting *Duj tInqu'be'* for /not very big ship./
Agreed. Using both -qu' and -be' is confirmed in TKD.
Although we have never seen any other verb suffixes, I would not at all be surprised to discover that type 6 verb suffixes are allowed,
I think TKD is very clear on that: "If a Type 5 noun suffix is used, it follows the verb, which, when used to modify the noun in this way, can have no other suffix except the rover -qu'." This still does leave some space for interpretation, like "no other suffix, only when Type 5 suffix is used"(?) - but I think that if one could have been allowed to add oter suffixes, there would be an example. Next, TKD states that type 6 suffixes "show how sure the speaker is about what is being said." I read this is focussed on the verb of the OVS-phrase, the "action". When used as an adjective, the verb is no longer doing an "action" in the phrase, and besides, it fits the object or subject slot. So finally, I think that a socalled *Duj tInlaw'* is really a {DujHey tIn}, *Duj tInbej* is really a {Dujna' tIn}. If you insist on focussing on the verb, say {tInlaw'bogh Duj}. -- Lieven L. Litaer aka Quvar valer 'utlh Grammarian of the KLI http://www.facebook.com/Klingonteacher http://www.klingonwiki.net