KLBC: Type 2 verb suffixes on pronouns (was Re: Will it survive ?)
Aurélie wrote:
’ach tlhoy bIHvIpchugh, mevlaH tIqchaj ’ej HoHlaH bIH ’e’ vIQub.
With ?{bIHvIpchugh}, you've hit on an interesting construction. I don't believe it works in this case (to me the sentence reads "But if they are excessively afraid to be, their hearts can stop") but I think it's worthy of discussion and should involve the Beginners' Grammarian. vaj vIrI'. ~mIp'av
Hi mIp'av, thanks for pointing it out. I've been wondering how to express "to be afraid" on its own, because the suffix -vIp isn't usable as a standalone (as far as I know), so in Klingon it's always "to be afraid *to do/to be *something". I checked other adectives and the closest thing to "scared" I could find was "bIt" for "be nervous", but then I felt that even < bItqu' > wouldn't convey quite the same intensity. nuq DaQub ? ~mughwI' 2016-10-12 23:58 GMT+02:00 Ed Bailey <bellerophon.modeler@gmail.com>:
Aurélie wrote:
’ach tlhoy bIHvIpchugh, mevlaH tIqchaj ’ej HoHlaH bIH ’e’ vIQub.
With ?{bIHvIpchugh}, you've hit on an interesting construction. I don't believe it works in this case (to me the sentence reads "But if they are excessively afraid to be, their hearts can stop") but I think it's worthy of discussion and should involve the Beginners' Grammarian. vaj vIrI'.
~mIp'av
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On Thu, Oct 13, 2016 at 4:24 PM, Aurélie Demonchaux <demonchaux.aurelie@gmail.com> wrote:
I checked other adectives and the closest thing to "scared" I could find was "bIt" for "be nervous", but then I felt that even < bItqu' > wouldn't convey quite the same intensity.
Don't worry about finding adjectives specifically. Just find a word that carries the meaning you want, and use it in a sentence so that you express the idea you want. The verb {ghIj} or {Haj} will probably work for you, but also consider the verb {lIm} or the noun {rejmorgh}. -- ghunchu'wI'
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