De'vID:
You're missing something fundamental. A verb used adjectivally describes something about *the noun* it follows. The suffix {-na'} indicates the degree of *your* (the speaker's) certainty about it.
Good to know. Thanks for clarifying this. In fact, this has been one of the things I was having difficulty understanding with regards to {-na'}. Hugh:
As I understand it, {teH} is “true” in the sense of truthfulness, not “true” in the sense of genuineness.
I wondered about this too, but I told myself "Don't argue with me soldier ! Use {teH}, use it now ! Use it like there's no tomorrow !" However, I *do* wonder.. If {teH} indeed cannot be used to express "genuineness", what word/words could we use to express the opposite of {ngeb} ? ~ chchch