Am 27.11.2018 um 15:30 schrieb De'vID:
{nIteb} describes the situation of an action, the other is an adjective. You could even say {nIteb jImob}. "I am (the only one who is) alone".
That meaning is {neH} "only", not {nIteb}, which means "acting alone".
Ehm.... not exactly. When {neH} follows a verb, it trivializes the action. The meaning of only is with nouns only (pun intended). What I tried to express above was like "only I am in this room and nobody else". Also remember the phrase {nIteb SuvnIS SuvwI'} "A warrior must fight alone". He can still fight in a group, but nobody will help him. So he fight "all alone", being the only person hitting the enemy. And then, he cannot be {mob} because there's at least the enemy next to him.
{nIteb jImob} "Acting by myself, I am alone." (Perhaps you are clarifying that nobody has isolated you.)
{jImob jIH neH} "I alone (i.e., only I) am alone". (Perhaps you are the only one without a partner at a social dance.)
Yes, agreed, that's what I wrote in my first line. -- Lieven L. Litaer aka the "Klingon Teacher from Germany" http://www.klingonisch.de http://www.klingonwiki.net/En/StarTrekDiscovery