tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Apr 02 08:50:39 1996
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Re: the casual use of {nuqneH}
- From: [email protected] (Alan Anderson)
- Subject: Re: the casual use of {nuqneH}
- Date: Tue, 2 Apr 1996 11:52:53 -0500
Daniel writes:
>...You might be beter of
>saying something like "qaneH..."="I want ... from/of you" or "jIneH..."="I
>want...", correct me if I'm wrong ghunchu'wI'.
Your idea is okay, but your grammar is faulty (and the ellipses should be
placed at the beginning of the Klingon sentences, not the end).
{qaneH} is "I want you," not "I want you [to do something]."
{jIneH} is simply "I want," not "I want [something]."
In both of these cases, the prefix should be {vI-}:
{cholegh vIneH} "I want you to see me." Note: {neH} is the only verb that
doesn't use {'e'} as its object in a construction like this (TKD 6.2.5).
{HuchlIj vIneH} "I want your money."
-- ghunchu'wI' batlh Suvchugh vaj batlh SovchoH vaj