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« on: 03 12, 2009, 12:45: AM »

In words like chenmoH, and other words that end with a suffix in the Dictionary, how are the suffixes added.
-moH is a Type 4.
If the suffix you wish to add is Type 3 or less, where does it go?
Does I am willing to create it again translate as:
vIchenmoHqangqa' or vIchenqangqa'moH?
« Last Edit: 03 12, 2009, 06:53: PM by jIHaD » Logged

logh 'oH HeH Qav'e'.
naDev 'entepray' Duj lengmey ta gherlu'.
Qu'Daj taHbogh: Hujbogh chu'bogh je qo' chovmeH, yIn chu', tayqeqmey chu' je SammeH, 'ej pe'vIl Daqmey'e' Suchpu'bogh pagh ghoSmeH.
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« Reply #1 on: 03 12, 2009, 01:29: PM »

Suffixes go in numerical order, so Type 2 before Type 3, Type 3 before Type 4.  The only exceptions are the rovers.  TKD says they can go anywhere, but in practice, MO has always used -Ha' right after the verb, before any numbered suffixes, and -Qo' has always come last.  Even something like chenmoH (or ghojmoH) should be considered as verb + Type 4 suffix -moH, so lower numbered suffixes would go in between.

This sometimes makes your meaning ambiguous. Does chenqangqa'moH mean "I'm again willing to create" (in a case where maybe I was willing earlier but didn't actually do it) or "I'm willing to create again" (in a case where I did create earlier)? But that's one of the things that makes Klingon so fun. Wink
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