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:*

• 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)

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This (part of) documentation was generated from src/fst/morphology/affixes/verbs.lexc