Re: [tlhIngan Hol] Do epithets behave as nouns ?

On 6/28/2019 8:02 AM, mayqel qunen'oS wrote:

Can I place on an epithet, noun suffixes ?

For example:

{vIghro'wIj tIQ tIch petaQvam} this petaQ insulted my ancient cat

Is this correct ?

Yes. /paq'batlh/ has *petaQ'e', petaQvam, petaQmey,* and *petaQ'a'.* And yes, the *petaQmey* is used for beings capable of using language. They're not scattered all about in the passage, so it's being used insultingly. But in your sentence, the action of the insult is completed, and your English sentence is conveying it that way. Therefore this should be *vIghro'wIj tIQ tIchpu' petaQvam*/This p'takh insulted my ancient cat./ -- SuStel http://trimboli.name