tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Dec 01 12:21:38 1998
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Re: transitive/intransitive verb
: The question in a recent thread about transitive and intransitive pertained
: to me just last night while I was composing a piece.
: He raises his sword.
: yanDaj pep - or - yanDaj pepmoH
:
: DloraH
This is a question of English usage. "Raise" is transitive, "rise" is
intransitive (for which use {Sal} "ascend"):
yanDaj pep
he raises his sword
Sal yanDaj
his sword rises ("ascends")
BTW, we now have special verbs for the bat'leth and possibly other types of
swords, {chaQ} and {ngol}:
To thrust either end of the bat'leth (as opposed to the long part of
the blade) upward is {chaQ}. To change the approximate orientation of
the weapon from horizontal to vertical is {ngol}; the reverse is {lev}.
(KGT p.59)
Voragh