27 Dec
2016
27 Dec
'16
9:02 p.m.
On Tue, Dec 27, 2016 at 9:47 AM, mayqel qunenoS <mihkoun@gmail.com> wrote:
I am wondering whether the addition of the {-wI'} on be-verbs, functions differently from the way it does on non be-verbs.
{-wI'} works the same, but the *translation* can be subtly different. It's typically "one who is" for a verb expressing a state or quality, and "one who does" for a verb expressing a more active concept. It's hard to use the English suffix "-er" for {-wI'} on a verb of quality like {tIn} "be big", but it's usually no problem to say something like "sleeper" for {QongwI'}. -- ghunchu'wI'