tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Dec 15 05:51:29 1994
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Re: -lu'
ghItlh yoDtargh:
\ I am very surprised to learn that {-lu'} can be used on intransitive verbs.
\ Please cite the source where this verb appears.
I don't know the source of {ba'lu'} offhand, but I'm curious as to why you
think -lu' on an intransitive verb is so surprising. {ba'lu'} would be
translated as "one sits", possibly in a set of instructions for how to conduct
oneself in one of those rare situations where Klingons care about protocol . . .
Just because {-lu'} is often translated with the English passive voice, do not
be fooled into thinking that it constitutes a passive voice in Klingon. All
it means is that the subject of the verb is unspecified.
-marqoS
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