tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Mar 09 13:49:38 1996
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Re: asking
- From: [email protected] (Alan Anderson)
- Subject: Re: asking
- Date: Sat, 9 Mar 1996 16:51:28 -0500
ter'eS writes:
>[...]
>I've always used {tlhob} to mean "ask a question", but the Addendum
>actually defines it as "request, ask, plead". This leads me to think
>that {tlhob} can only be used for "ask *for* (something)". So I would
>guess that {yu'} "question, interrogate" would be the verb meaning
>"ask a question".
>[...]
>Does this seem reasonable?
I don't think so. The Addendum is pretty good about clarifying possible
ambiguities, and if {tlhob} were really "ask *for* (something), I believe
it would have said so. The gloss "request, ask, plead" certainly fits my
understanding of a "verb of speaking" -- its object would be the actual
question or request.
My take on {yu'} is that its object is the person (or thing) that is being
interrogated. {qama' po'wI' joq yu'lu'. vay' SuqmeH tlhoblu'.}
-- ghunchu'wI' batlh Suvchugh vaj batlh SovchoH vaj