tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Jul 27 09:33:35 1995
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Re: }}} KLBC: wamwI'
- From: Marc Ruehlaender <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: }}} KLBC: wamwI'
- Date: Thu, 27 Jul 95 13:33:35 METDST
>
> No. {ghItlhlaH lut} means "the story can write". There is no way to
> say "subject can be verbed" in Klingon. Klingon verbs are inherently
> active voice. That means the subject of the verb is the one
> performing the activity described by the verb. The construction you are
> looking for is passive voice. That is when the subject is the recipient
> of the activity described by the verb.
>
I know the difference between passive and active voice,
> Klingon does not have passive voice per se. The closest thing Klingon
> has to passive voice is indefinite subject {-lu'}.
and I also know this. All I asked was, if it was allowed
to expand from 'lo'laH X = X can be used' to other verbs
and if not so, why?
Marc 'Dochlangan'
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Marc Ruehlaender [email protected]
Universitaet des Saarlandes, Saarbruecken, Germany
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