tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Mar 11 23:50:29 1996
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Re: KLBC-double-object verbs
- From: [email protected]
- Subject: Re: KLBC-double-object verbs
- Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1996 02:49:59 -0500
In a message dated 96-03-11 17:00:24 EST, you write:
>>I feel silly asking this question because I think I should be able to
>>find/figure out the answer, but so far I've come up blank. How does
>>Klingon handle double-object verbs, such as "give?" I can't for the life
>>of me come up with a way to say, for example, "I give him the book." Any
>>insight would be appreciated... and I hope this isn't one we're waiting
>>on MO to figure out, but if it is, I need to know that, too. qatlho'.
>
>>Teresa Wells
>>Still no tlhIngan name, still at ASU.
>
>I'll take a stab...
>
>ghaHDaq paq vInob
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>ghaHDaq to him (TKD 3.3.5)
>paq book
>vInob I give it (TKD 4.1.1)
>
> -Blaine "mangHom neH jIH"
>
>
>
Nice try. By time you have read my previous post.
Replace {-Daq} with {-vaD}, another Noun Suffix, Type 5. See TKD p 180.
You get: ghaHvaD paq vInob
-vaD = intended for
peHruS