tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Apr 11 12:22:26 1998
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Re: KLBC "Locative"
- From: Qov <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLBC "Locative"
- Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1998 12:19:57 -0700
At 23:13 98-04-10 -0700, you wrote:
}I was reading over page 29-30 of the TKD,(bottom), the sentence: pa'
}wIjDaq...in my quarters.
}
}pa'...noun...room
}-wIj....4...my
}-Daq...5...locative
}
}Concerning the necessity of -Daq, the type 5 locative suffix in this
}sentence. For instance, If someone were to say "where did you put the keys"
}wouldn't it be just as correct to say [my quarters] instead of [in my
}quarters]? considering that klingons are not as wordy as humans.
}
}The [wIj...my] seems to indicate location.
It only indicates possession.
}ex. Q. Where are the keys?
} A. my quarters.
If you are not going to answer in a complete sentence, you can point and
grunt, say {pa'}, {pa'wIj}, {pa'wIjDaq} or {targhlIj 'o'Daq}. Just as in
English you can point and grunt, say "quarters," "my quarters," or "in my
quarters."
If you are going to use a complete sentence, you need the locative. You
wouldn't say "The keys my quarters" and call that a correct English sentence.
{pa'wIjDaq bIH} - They are in my quarters.
Dalaj'a'?
Qov [email protected]
Beginners' Grammarian