tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Apr 28 04:42:28 1995
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transitive?!? (was Re: bIjatlh 'e' yImev)
- From: "Mark J. Reed" <[email protected]>
- Subject: transitive?!? (was Re: bIjatlh 'e' yImev)
- Date: Fri, 28 Apr 95 07:45:54 EDT
- In-Reply-To: Your message of Fri, 28 Apr 1995 06:20:07 -0400. <[email protected]>
"Silauren, Half-Elven" <[email protected]> writes:
\ sorry if this has been hashed-to-death previously. i don't understand
\ the terms "transitive" and "intransitive", particularly when applied to
\ currently-known Klingon verbs. i vaguely remember the distinction in my
\ high-school Latin class, but those were too long ago and i don't remember
\ what the distinction was or why it was important. could someone please
\ explain (in layman's terms, as i'm not a linguist ... yet)???
Transitivity of a verb simply refers to whether or not it takes an object.
Most verbs can be used either way; e.g.
"I see." (see as intransitive)
"I see you." (see as transitive)
whereas other verbs make sense only in one form:
"I sleep."
*"I sleep you."
bIyaj'a'?
-marqoS
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