tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Dec 04 19:02:15 1996

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RE: RE: KLBC: TKD page 38

December 03, 1996 10:59 AM, jatlh Andrew 'Ska' Netherton:

> > > > HIQoymoH Ha'DIbaH!  (let me hear the animal)
> > > 
> > > This is not correct.  {HIQoymoH} means "cause me to hear."  The object 
is 
> > > "me."
> 
> 	Oh, hey, it just occurred to me... I think I got that backwards.
> What would it work if I had written it <Ha'DIbaH HIQoymoH!>?  The animal
> is now the object that I am being caused to hear.

You didn't get my point.  Even in this form, the object is "me," not "animal." 
 So what's the word for "animal" doing there?

Ha'DIbaH vIQoy vIneH.
I want to hear the animal.

Of course, with context, it's easier.  Suppose a Klingon child is at a zoo.  
He sees a {chemvaH} (however it's pronounced) and wants to hear it (we know 
what it sounds like, more or less!).  He shouts, {HIQoymoH!}

>  jIlugh?

Since this is a yes/no question, you need the {-'a'} suffix.  {jIlugh'a'}

ghobe'.

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