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Re: just use it! (Re: jIb

MorphemeAddict ([email protected])

• From: [email protected]
• Subject: Re: just use it! (Re: jIb
• Date: Sun, 3 Oct 2004 02:10:07 EDT

In a message dated 2004-10-03 12:20:16 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
[email protected] writes:

> >TKD demonstrates direct quotes with the word {qaja'}.
> 
> Completely correct. Remember that in this case the syntactic "direct object" 
> the prefix refers to is semantically a benefactive or dative object (what 
> would usually be given in a fuller sentence as {X-vaD}), not a semantic 
> direct object. Viz:
> 
> {DaH yInargh} qajatlh - "Escape now!", I said to you (= {DaH yInargh} SoHvaD 
> jIjatlh)
> moQ HInob - give me the ball! (= jIHvaD moQ yInob)
> 
> 
> Savan.
> 
> QeS lagh
> 

What happens when the indirect object (or verbal object) is a full noun 
phrase?  

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