Am 14.10.2018 um 13:48 schrieb SuStel:
In *qIrq wItlha’taHqu’, *Klaa stresses the *tlha’* and the *-qu’,* just as you’d expect. It doesn’t answer the question posed.
I think it does, depening how you read the question. He asked why he would need the suffix -qu' if he can stress the suffix with his voice. My answer was that {-qu'} does not only stress its preceding syllable, it does more. That's why I quoted Klaa here. Klaa could have said {wItlha'TTAAHH} beut he cided to add {-qu'}, making the taH suffix more than just -taH. That's more than putting emphasis on it. Maybe I did not express my thoughts enough, or I didn't understand the question correctly. Perhabs mayqel can just say if my answer was helpful or not. -- Lieven L. Litaer aka the "Klingon Teacher from Germany" http://www.klingonisch.de http://www.klingonwiki.net/En/Stress