lieven:
> The analysis is on the page Word order in the Wiki:
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http://klingon.wiki/En/WordOrderFor the altruistic purpose of helping others follow this thread with ease, but more for the selfish reason of helping myself when I pdf this thread and add it to my notes, I'll perform a glorious copy-paste of the relevant part of that honorable page..
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relative ordering of Adverbials
There are no written rules about the ordering of adverbials, but there seems to be a scheme based on canon examples.
- Each adverbial apparently applies to all that follows.
- Degree of certainty seems to precede the scope of the
expected delay before the action, and that precedes the quality of the
action.
- Since vaj tends to connect what follows it to a clause or sentence that preceded it, that should come before all else.
It seems almost as if there were types of adverbs similar to the way Klingon has types of
verb suffixes, based on the following canon examples:
chaq batlh bIvangqa'laH
You might have a chance to make amends.
(
paq'batlh p. 100-101)
chaq tugh batlh Heghmo' 'ej chaq tugh charghmo'
For they may soon die with honor! For they may soon be victorious!
(
paq'batlh p. 120-121)
reH batlh SuvtaHjaj chaH
Let endless battle and honor await them!
(
paq'batlh p. 150-151)
vaj pe'vIl joqqu' cha' tlhIngan tIqDu'
Both Klingon hearts beat, at their strongest, in lust for blood.
(
paq'batlh p. 166-167)
Possible interpretation:
| Type 1 |
vaj |
| Type 2 |
chaq |
| Type 3 |
tugh |
| Type 4 |
batlh |
You probably can't have two of the same type, and you can have zero or one of each type in any verb clause.
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