On 2/14/2018 2:50 PM, Ed Bailey wrote:
Considering that some adverbials, like {motlh}, are also verbs, I have long wondered if one can essentially use verbs as adverbials. The difference would show up in our punctuation, which might be a moot point given what is known of Klingon punctuation.
Example: {mer; SuvlaH verengan} "Surprisingly, the Ferengi can fight." (Literally, "It surprises; the Ferengi can fight."
In speech of course, the semicolon would be audible only as a pause, if at all.
It might even be the source of adverbials. *motlh; SuvlaHbe' verengan*/it is usual: Ferengi cannot fight /becomes *motlh SuvlaHbe' verengan*/Ferengi usually cannot fight./ But I tend to think not, or at least not quite so simply as this, because so many adverbials are multisyllabic, and verbs very rarely are. -- SuStel http://trimboli.name