On 11/19/2021 9:07 AM, luis.chaparro@web.de wrote:
1. Is there anything wrong in using *'op* with inherently plural nouns, for example: *'op ngop*? The whole construction would remain grammatically singular, right?

I don't think we have a definitive answer to this question. Personally, I have no problem with 'op ngop meaning exactly what you say. I believe we do know that you can use numbers with inherently plural nouns, so I see no reason you can't use number-like nouns in the same way.


2. If I want to say *She hasn't sold it*, I can say *ngevpu'be'*. What would *ngevta'be'* mean? That she set out to sell it, but she didn't accomplished it? Has *-ta'be'* always the meaning of failing? Or can we also use it just to negate that an action took place?

-be' seems to have a variable scope. Sometimes it applies directly to the element it's attached to; sometimes it applies to everything that comes before it. ngevpu'be' and ngevta'be' probably mean "not ngevpu'" and "not ngevta'."

I generally try not to think of suffix combinations as single units. It might not be useful to think of -pu'be' and -ta'be' as having distinct meanings from -pu' and -ta', because the -be' may not apply only to -pu' and -ta'. If I were to give a literal interpretation to -pu'be' and -ta'be', it would be "not perfective," which would seem to mean exactly the same thing as not including the perfective suffix at all, and so not be a useful combination.


3. To someone whose decision in a certain situation can have important consequences, I can say *Be responsible!*. That would be, I think, *yIngoy''eghmoH*. But if, speaking to an inmature person, I say *Get responsible!* or *Become responsible!*, would it be *yIngoy''eghchoHmoH* or just *yIngoy'choH*? (I know there is the verb *moj*, but I would like to know how the imperative of state / quality verbs works).

I'd go with yIngoy''eghchoHmoH, but canon is inconsistent with the -'eghmoH rule when it comes to including -choH. If you use the yIngoy'choH, it will likely be accepted by whoever reads or hears it. What Klingons would think of it, I don't know.

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