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Hech canon < Re: A tangled knot of subordinate clauses

MorphemeAddict ([email protected])

• From: [email protected]
• Subject: Hech canon < Re: A tangled knot of subordinate clauses
• Date: Sat, 4 Nov 2006 21:14:25 EST

In a message dated 11/4/2006 5:40:50 PM Central Standard Time, 
[email protected] writes:

> I'm also not sure of the usage of some of the verbs, particularly {Hech}. 
> TKD gives this as "intend, mean to," which I don't find particularly clear. 
> Can it be used with a nominal object, or is it construed only with verbs? How 
> does the latter work syntactically? Do examples appear in canon? Sov luneH 
> tlhobbogh yabDu' (if brain = body part, or perhaps {yabpu'} if mind = person by 
> synecdoche)
> 
> 
I found this canon for {Hech}:
Klingons are a proud race, and we intend to go on being proud. = 
Hem tlhIngan Segh 'ej maHemtaH 'e' wIHech. (TKW p. 13)

Do not kill an animal unless you intend to eat it. = 
Ha'DIbaH DaSop 'e' DaHechbe'chugh yIHoHQo'. (TKW p. 163)

Both examples are translated as 'intend', and both are followed by {'e'}, 
which is preceded by the clause indicating whatever the subject of {Hech} 
intended.

lay'tel SIvten

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