tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed May 03 19:22:07 1995
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Re: Transitivity
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> This one should draw some comments!!!
>
> I have never seen anything quite like what I am about to say, but here goes.
>
> Perhaps Klingons do not think of Klingon language verbs as being transitive
> or intransitive at all. Transitivity is implied not by the verb roots
> themselves but by pronomial verb prefixes. Klingons can tell whether a verb
> has an object and use one set of prefixes or whether a verb does not have an
> object and use a different set of prefixes. The verb root itself never
> changes.
>
I like this ....perhaps we should present this to Dr. Okrand.
Captain Krankor seems to hold this idea too and I would like his
feedback on this.....and everyone elses for that matter.
David
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