Verb inflection
The Klingon language verbs inflect in persons with obligatory prefixes, then the verb stem and all the optional suffixes..
- Verb prefixes examples:*
- jIQong
1Sg+Qong+V(Eng. I sleep) - cholegh
Sg2+Sg1O+legh+V(Eng. you see me)
Reflexive suffixes mark reflexive forms €gt-norm: Verb reflexives jIlegh’egh 1Sg+legh+V+Refl I see myself maleghchuq 1Pl+legh+V+Reciproc we see each other
Volition is a marker for volition: €gt-norm: verb volition € leghnIS 3Sg+legh+V+Foc/nIs he sees nIS
Change is marked by suffixes €gt-norm: Verbal change € jIleghchoh 1Sg+legh+V+Foc/choh I see choh
Cause is marked €gt-norm: Verbal cause € leghmoH 3Sg+legh+V+Caus cause him see
definiteness is just a suffix €gt-norm: verbal definiteness € leghlu’ 3Sg+legh+V+Foc/lu’ he sees lu’
qualification the suffix
- verbal qualifications examples:*
- leghchu’
3Sg+legh+V+Foc/chu(Eng. he sees chu’)
Aspects are coded in suffixes
- Verbal aspects examples:*
- leghpu’
3Sg+legh+V+Perf(Eng. he finished seeing)
Verbs can have honorific markers
- Verbal honorifics examples:*
- leghneS
3Sg+legh+V+Honor(Eng. he sees honorably)
And some other markers too
- Verb others examples:*
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leghDI’
3Sg+legh+V+Foc/DI’(Eng. he sees DI’) Verbs can always be derived into nouns with wI’: - Deverbal nominals examples:*
- leghwI’
3Sg+legh+V+V→N+Sg+Nom(Eng. his seeing)
This (part of) documentation was generated from src/fst/morphology/affixes/verbs.lexc