tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Jan 24 06:10:59 2012
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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] nuq bop bom: 'ay' wa'vatlh cha'maH Hut: <no' chavmey>
Qov:
>>> {ja'} is probably the wrong verb to use here. Are there any
>>> examples of its use with anything other than a person as its
>>> object? I think {jatlh} would work better, as its object (if
>>> any) is usually the thing being spoken (the "speech event").
>>
>> I connect its gloss "tell" with stories and "report" with
>> information as an object.
ghunchu'wI':
> Whereas I interpret "tell" as being directed at a person ("I told
> you", "tell yourself"), and "report" is included to accommodate the
> no-object usage.
>
> Cue a canon search of {ja'}…
WILL MARTIN: "And a typical direct object of {ja'} would be the person addressed and a typical object of the verb {jatlh} would be the thing you say."
MARC OKRAND: "The speech event." [MO interviewed, HQ 12/1998]
qaja'
I tell you. TKD
qaja'pu'
I told you. TKD
qaja'qang
I am willing to tell you. TKD
nuja'rup
They are prepared to tell us. TKD
HIja'neS
Do me the honor of telling me. TKD
choja'chugh
if you tell me. TKD
choja'pa'
before you tell me. TKD
choja'Qo'chugh
if you won't tell me (if you refuse to tell me). TKD
yIja'Qo'
Don't tell him! TKD
yIja''egh
Tell yourself! TKD
peja''egh
Tell yourselves! TKD
qaja'pu' HIqaghQo' = HIqaghQo' qaja'pu'
I told you not to interrupt me. TKD
nuja' tlhIngan wIch ja'wI'pu'
According to Klingon legend... S8
ja'chuqmeH rojHom neH jaghla'
The enemy commander wishes a truce (in order) to confer. TKD
maja'chuqjaj?
[Uhh...] Can we talk? PK
'uQ wISoppu'DI' maja'chuq
We will talk after dinner. PK
quv HIja'chuqQo'
Don't speak to me of honor. PB
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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