On 12/14/2017 4:00 AM, mayqel qunenoS wrote:
We have the {nom yIghoSqu'} "maximum speed", as an example of combining the {nom} and {-qu'} in order to produce the meaning of "maximum".
However the {-qu'} is a rover. So, if on the verb we have more than one suffixes already, then where do we place it ?
If we want to say "quickly they are able to corrupt him", then what would we need to write, in order to produce an effect similar to the {nom yIghoSqu'} ?
{nom luqalqu'moHlaH} {nom luqalmoHqu'laH} {nom luqalmoHlaHqu'}
Which one of the above should someone choose ?
Despite what it says in TKD, we have seen that the rovers that *-be'* and *-qu'* can either intensify the immediately preceding element or /everything/ before it. The latter is what's happening in *nom yIghoSqu':* it's not /GO! (fast);/ it's /GO FAST!/ (the whole sentence is intensified). Now your example is not a good one. *nom* means /quickly/ all by itself. What you're asking is how to say /they are able to corrupt him as fast as possible./ The equivalent, based on what we know of rovers, would be *nom luqalmoHlaHqu'.* But I caution against casually using intensifiers like this. In a short, obvious phrase like *nom yIghoSqu',* it's not too hard to figure out that the *-qu'* applies to everything. In a complicated phrase like *nom luqalmoHlaHqu',* you have to first work out whether the speaker intends to intensify everything or just the *-laH.* I wouldn't use intensifiers this casually without making my context perfectly clear. -- SuStel http://trimboli.name