"If" and the Type 9 verb suffix -chugh

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"If" - The -chugh Suffix

tlhIngan Hol has a way of saying if in a sentence: the Type 9 verb suffix -chugh.

Placing -chugh at the end of a verb X turns it into a conditional: if X.

naDev jIQong	I'll sleep here
naDev jIQongchugh	If I sleep here
pa' Sojvetlh Soppu'	He ate that food there
pa' Sojvetlh Soppu'chugh	If he ate that food there
SutlIj DatuQHa'moH	You are taking off your clothes
SutlIj DatuQHa'moHchugh	If you are taking off your clothes

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