tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Aug 04 15:11:12 2003
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RE: juHDaq jIQaD
ghunchu'wI':
> > juHwIjDaq jItatlh'eghtaHvIS nI' lengwIj.
jIqel ghojwI':
>mu'tlheghvam vIghItlhchugh, <chegh> vIlo'. mIwlIj vIQochbe',
>ghunchu'wI', 'ach jIHvaD jumlaw'. jIyaj, 'ach muQubmoH. vISovbe'mo',
>vImughmeH, <tatlh> vInejnISpu'. mu'tay'wIj vIDubnISba'.
<<tatlh>> lo'vam DayajmeH, startrek.klingon jabbI'IDghomDaq Okrand
QInvam'e' yIlaD 'ej mu'tlhegh Qav yIbuS:
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From: Marc Okrand <mokrand... >
Newsgroups: startrek.klingon
Date: Sun, 18 Jul 1999
Subject: Re: tlhIngan
Will Martin wrote:
>And since I don't have the interview with me, was <chegh> "return" one of
>those verbs that acts like <ghoS> and <jaH> in terms of having the locative
>suffix optional on the direct object, or is it more like <Hop> and <Sum>
>with assumptions made about relating the speaker with the place returned to?
{chegh} "return" seems to work like this:
lupDujHomDaq jIchegh
"I return on the shuttle."
lupDujHom vIchegh
"I return to the shuttle."
lupDujHomDaq may'Duj vIchegh
"I return to the battle cruiser on the shuttle"
tera'vo' Qo'noS vIchegh
"I return to Kronos from Earth"
If the place being returned to is mentioned (as in the final three sentences),
the verb takes a pronominal prefix that indicates the object ({vI-} in the
examples).
A different verb, {tatlh}, is used for "return" in the sense of returning a
library book or returning a weapon to the weapons rack.
If someone were to say something like "I return the plate to the table," the
appropriate verb would be {tatlh}:
raSDaq jengva' vItatlh
Though not common, it is also possible to use {tatlh} with the reflexive suffix
{-'egh} ("do something to oneself") to convey a meaning similar to that of
{chegh}:
pa'Daq jItatlh'egh
"I return to the room"
The {tatlh'egh} form seems to suggest that the doer of the action is forcing
himself/herself to do something, perhaps because it is difficult or not
desirable.
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons