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Re: KLBC: tlhIngan qeq

Terrence Donnelly ([email protected]) [KLI Member]



--- On Wed, 2/3/10, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:


>> Since {quv} 'be honored' doesn't take objects, this should be

>How do I know which Klingon verbs are (in)transitive? TKD does not say  
>(as far as I can see).

Okrand never really spells it out. Inevitably, we fall back on English usages, which are generally close enough, although there have been surprises (eg. {Dub}).  I think that every(?) verb with "be" in the definition is intransitive.

--ter'eS








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