On Tue, 5 Apr 2022 at 14:16, mayqel qunen'oS <mihkoun@gmail.com> wrote:
Or perhaps does voragh know of a Ca'Non example where we have the {-pu'} on a quality/stative verb?
I just encountered an example of this that I'd forgotten about earlier as I was checking through the revisions for the paq'batlh. But since it's been revised, it doesn't really exist as an example any more. That line was (in the 1st edition): "Kahless the unforgettable, / I welcome you in Sto-vo-kor, / For you lived wise and honorable." {qeylIS lIjlaHbogh pagh / Suto'vo'qorDaq qavan / batlh bIyInta' 'ej bIvalta'} The revised line in the 2nd edition will be: "Kahless the unforgettable, / I welcome you in Sto-vo-kor, / For you lived wise and honorable." {qeylIS lIjlaHbogh pagh / Suto’vo’qorDaq qavan / bIyIntaHvIS bIchul ’e’ Da’aghta’ ’ej batlh bIvangta'} First, the verb {val} "be clever" (from TKD) was changed to {chul} "be wise" (revealed in 2020). Second, the entire sentence was revised because its meaning wasn't a good match for or expression of the meaning of the English version. The original sentence was trying to apply {val} as if it were an adverb to {yIn}, which just didn't work. -- De'vID